eDonkey2000
E937662
eDonkey2000 was a popular peer-to-peer file-sharing application and network from the early 2000s, known for decentralized distribution of large files such as movies, music, and software.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| eDonkey network | 1 |
| eDonkey2000 canonical | 1 |
| ed2k network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11656825 — 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: eDonkey2000 Context triple: [Kazaa, comparedTo, eDonkey2000]
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A.
Kazaa
Kazaa is a peer-to-peer file-sharing application that became widely known in the early 2000s for enabling users to share music, videos, and other digital media over the internet.
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B.
BitTorrent
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol that enables efficient distribution of large amounts of data across many users without relying on a central server.
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C.
KTorrent
KTorrent is a free, open-source BitTorrent client for the KDE desktop environment, offering features like bandwidth control, queue management, and plugin support.
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D.
Confinity
Confinity was a software company co-founded by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and others that developed digital payment technology and later merged with X.com to form PayPal.
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E.
Napster
Napster is a pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing service that revolutionized digital music distribution in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
- 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: eDonkey2000 Target entity description: eDonkey2000 was a popular peer-to-peer file-sharing application and network from the early 2000s, known for decentralized distribution of large files such as movies, music, and software.
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A.
Kazaa
Kazaa is a peer-to-peer file-sharing application that became widely known in the early 2000s for enabling users to share music, videos, and other digital media over the internet.
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B.
BitTorrent
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol that enables efficient distribution of large amounts of data across many users without relying on a central server.
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C.
KTorrent
KTorrent is a free, open-source BitTorrent client for the KDE desktop environment, offering features like bandwidth control, queue management, and plugin support.
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D.
Confinity
Confinity was a software company co-founded by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and others that developed digital payment technology and later merged with X.com to form PayPal.
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E.
Napster
Napster is a pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing service that revolutionized digital music distribution in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file sharing protocol
ⓘ
peer-to-peer file-sharing application ⓘ peer-to-peer file-sharing network ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
ed2k network
ⓘ
linked to:
eDonkey2000
|
| associatedWith | ed2k link ⓘ |
| category |
file sharing software
ⓘ
peer-to-peer software ⓘ |
| concurrentUsersAtPeak | millions of users ⓘ |
| contentTypeShared |
games
ⓘ
movies ⓘ music ⓘ software ⓘ |
| developer | MetaMachine ⓘ |
| facedActionBy |
Motion Picture Association of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Motion Picture Association
Recording Industry Association of America ⓘ
linked to:
RIAA
|
| fileExtension | .ed2k ⓘ |
| hasClient |
MLDonkey
ⓘ
aMule ⓘ eMule ⓘ official eDonkey2000 client ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent P2P file-sharing networks ⓘ |
| inspired |
MLDonkey
ⓘ
aMule ⓘ eMule ⓘ |
| legalIssues | copyright infringement lawsuits ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| networkArchitecture | hybrid centralized–decentralized ⓘ |
| networkName |
eDonkey network
ⓘ
linked to:
eDonkey2000
|
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| peakPopularity | early 2000s ⓘ |
| protocolType | peer-to-peer protocol ⓘ |
| regionPopularity |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| settlementAmount | 30000000 USD ⓘ |
| shutdownDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| shutdownReason | settlement of copyright infringement lawsuit ⓘ |
| supports |
decentralized file distribution
ⓘ
hash-based integrity checking ⓘ large file transfers ⓘ movies ⓘ multi-source downloading ⓘ music ⓘ resumable downloads ⓘ software ⓘ |
| transportProtocol |
TCP
ⓘ
linked to:
Transmission Control Protocol
|
| uses |
hash-based file identification
ⓘ
server-based indexing ⓘ |
| usesPort |
4661
ⓘ
4662 ⓘ |
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: eDonkey2000 Description of subject: eDonkey2000 was a popular peer-to-peer file-sharing application and network from the early 2000s, known for decentralized distribution of large files such as movies, music, and software.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: eDonkey2000
linked to: eDonkey2000