DSKY display
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The DSKY display was the astronaut-facing control and readout interface used to communicate with the Apollo Guidance Computer during lunar missions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DSKY | 1 |
| DSKY display canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10787756 — 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: DSKY display Context triple: [Apollo Guidance Computer, outputDevice, DSKY display]
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A.
IBM 2741 terminal
The IBM 2741 terminal was an early computer terminal based on a modified Selectric typewriter mechanism, providing high-quality printed input/output over communication lines before the widespread adoption of screen-based terminals.
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B.
IBM 5154 Enhanced Color Display
The IBM 5154 Enhanced Color Display is a mid-1980s IBM computer monitor designed to provide higher-resolution, improved color graphics for PCs equipped with Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) cards.
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C.
DECsys
DECsys was an early operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its PDP-7 minicomputer, providing basic program development and execution facilities.
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D.
PDP-5
The PDP-5 was an early 18-bit minicomputer introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1960s, notable as a predecessor to the influential PDP-8 and for helping establish the minicomputer market.
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E.
Altair 680 computer
The Altair 680 computer is a mid-1970s hobbyist microcomputer kit produced by MITS as a successor to the Altair 8800, notable for using the Motorola 6800 microprocessor instead of the Intel 8080.
- 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: DSKY display Target entity description: The DSKY display was the astronaut-facing control and readout interface used to communicate with the Apollo Guidance Computer during lunar missions.
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A.
IBM 2741 terminal
The IBM 2741 terminal was an early computer terminal based on a modified Selectric typewriter mechanism, providing high-quality printed input/output over communication lines before the widespread adoption of screen-based terminals.
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B.
IBM 5154 Enhanced Color Display
The IBM 5154 Enhanced Color Display is a mid-1980s IBM computer monitor designed to provide higher-resolution, improved color graphics for PCs equipped with Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) cards.
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C.
DECsys
DECsys was an early operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its PDP-7 minicomputer, providing basic program development and execution facilities.
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D.
PDP-5
The PDP-5 was an early 18-bit minicomputer introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1960s, notable as a predecessor to the influential PDP-8 and for helping establish the minicomputer market.
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E.
Altair 680 computer
The Altair 680 computer is a mid-1970s hobbyist microcomputer kit produced by MITS as a successor to the Altair 8800, notable for using the Motorola 6800 microprocessor instead of the Intel 8080.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo spacecraft equipment
ⓘ
human–computer interface ⓘ spacecraft control interface ⓘ |
| acronym |
DSKY
ⓘ
linked to:
DSKY display
|
| designGoal | make digital computer functions accessible to astronauts in flight ⓘ |
| developedBy |
MIT Instrumentation Laboratory
ⓘ
linked to:
Draper Laboratory
|
| developedForAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| developedForProgram | Apollo program ⓘ |
| displayField |
noun code
ⓘ
program number ⓘ three numerical registers ⓘ verb code ⓘ |
| era |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| fullName | Display and Keyboard ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
CLR key
ⓘ
ENTER key ⓘ KEY REL key ⓘ NOUN key ⓘ PRO key ⓘ VERB key ⓘ numeric keys 0–9 ⓘ |
| hasIndicator |
COMP ACTY light
ⓘ
KEY REL light ⓘ OPR ERR light ⓘ PROG light ⓘ RESTART light ⓘ TEMP light ⓘ UPLINK ACTY light ⓘ |
| inputMethod |
numeric keypad
ⓘ
verb–noun command system ⓘ |
| mountingLocation |
Apollo Command Module main control panel
ⓘ
Apollo Lunar Module control console ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo Lunar Module
|
| notableUse |
Apollo 11 lunar landing guidance
ⓘ
Apollo 13 emergency procedures ⓘ |
| outputMethod |
seven-segment numeric displays
ⓘ
status indicator lights ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | interface between astronauts and Apollo Guidance Computer ⓘ |
| usedBy | Apollo astronauts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
guidance commands
ⓘ
navigation input ⓘ spacecraft control commands ⓘ status monitoring ⓘ |
| usedOnMission |
Apollo 10
ⓘ
Apollo 11 ⓘ Apollo 12 ⓘ Apollo 13 ⓘ Apollo 14 ⓘ Apollo 15 ⓘ Apollo 16 ⓘ Apollo 17 ⓘ Apollo 8 ⓘ Apollo 9 ⓘ |
| usedOnVehicle |
Apollo Command Module
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo command and service module
Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ |
| usedWith | Apollo Guidance Computer ⓘ |
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: DSKY display Description of subject: The DSKY display was the astronaut-facing control and readout interface used to communicate with the Apollo Guidance Computer during lunar missions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: DSKY display