NSDistributedNotificationCenter
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NSDistributedNotificationCenter is a macOS Cocoa class that enables the posting and observing of notifications across different processes, facilitating interprocess communication.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NSDistributedNotificationCenter canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9761782 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSDistributedNotificationCenter Context triple: [NSNotificationCenter, relatedClass, NSDistributedNotificationCenter]
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A.
NSNotificationCenter
NSNotificationCenter is a central dispatch mechanism in Objective-C/Cocoa frameworks that enables objects to broadcast and observe notifications for decoupled communication within an application.
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B.
UserNotifications framework
The UserNotifications framework is an Apple API that lets apps schedule, manage, and respond to local and push notifications on Apple platforms.
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C.
Apple Push Notification service
Apple Push Notification service is Apple’s cloud-based system for delivering real-time notifications and messages to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
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D.
KNotifications
KNotifications is a KDE Frameworks library that provides a unified API for creating and managing desktop notifications across different platforms and environments.
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E.
Notification Center
Notification Center is a macOS feature that consolidates and displays system and app alerts, banners, and widgets in a unified sidebar for quick access.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSDistributedNotificationCenter Target entity description: NSDistributedNotificationCenter is a macOS Cocoa class that enables the posting and observing of notifications across different processes, facilitating interprocess communication.
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A.
NSNotificationCenter
NSNotificationCenter is a central dispatch mechanism in Objective-C/Cocoa frameworks that enables objects to broadcast and observe notifications for decoupled communication within an application.
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B.
UserNotifications framework
The UserNotifications framework is an Apple API that lets apps schedule, manage, and respond to local and push notifications on Apple platforms.
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C.
Apple Push Notification service
Apple Push Notification service is Apple’s cloud-based system for delivering real-time notifications and messages to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
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D.
KNotifications
KNotifications is a KDE Frameworks library that provides a unified API for creating and managing desktop notifications across different platforms and environments.
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E.
Notification Center
Notification Center is a macOS feature that consolidates and displays system and app alerts, banners, and widgets in a unified sidebar for quick access.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cocoa class
ⓘ
Objective-C class ⓘ notification center ⓘ |
| availability | available on macOS only ⓘ |
| category | Interprocess communication API ⓘ |
| conformsTo | NSObject ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsdistributednotificationcenter ⓘ |
| feature |
asynchronous notification delivery
ⓘ
delivery across multiple processes ⓘ notification suspension behavior ⓘ userInfo dictionary support ⓘ |
| framework |
AppKit
ⓘ
linked to:
NeXTSTEP Application Kit
|
| headerFile | <Foundation/NSDistributedNotificationCenter.h> ⓘ |
| introducedIn | macOS ⓘ |
| language |
Objective-C
ⓘ
Swift ⓘ |
| method |
+ defaultCenter
ⓘ
- addObserver:selector:name:object: ⓘ - addObserver:selector:name:object:suspensionBehavior: ⓘ - addObserverForName:object:queue:usingBlock: ⓘ - postNotificationName:object: ⓘ - postNotificationName:object:userInfo: ⓘ - postNotificationName:object:userInfo:deliverImmediately: ⓘ - removeObserver:name:object: ⓘ - setSuspended: ⓘ - suspended ⓘ |
| notAvailableOn |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| notificationScope |
between different applications
ⓘ
system-wide ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cocoa API
ⓘ
linked to:
Objective-C API
|
| platform | macOS ⓘ |
| primaryRole | interprocess notification delivery ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
NSNotificationCenter
ⓘ
NSWorkspace ⓘ |
| securityConsideration | notifications are generally not private ⓘ |
| superclass | NSNotificationCenter ⓘ |
| supports |
broadcast notifications
ⓘ
cross-process notifications ⓘ interprocess communication ⓘ |
| threadingModel | delivers notifications on specified run loop or queue ⓘ |
| useCase |
broadcasting system-wide events
ⓘ
communicating state changes between apps ⓘ observing notifications from helper tools ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NSDistributedNotificationCenter Description of subject: NSDistributedNotificationCenter is a macOS Cocoa class that enables the posting and observing of notifications across different processes, facilitating interprocess communication.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.