GUID Partition Table
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GUID Partition Table is a modern disk partitioning scheme that uses globally unique identifiers to support large drives and numerous partitions, forming part of the UEFI standard.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| GUID Partition Table canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12517319 — 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: GUID Partition Table Context triple: [Apple Partition Map, distinctFrom, GUID Partition Table]
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A.
GNU Parted
GNU Parted is a free, open-source disk partitioning and resizing tool commonly used on Unix-like operating systems to manage hard drive partitions.
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B.
BIOS Parameter Block
The BIOS Parameter Block is a data structure in a disk’s boot sector that defines the volume’s layout and filesystem parameters, such as sector size, cluster size, and file allocation table details.
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C.
Apple Partition Map
Apple Partition Map is a legacy disk partitioning scheme used primarily on classic Macintosh systems and older PowerPC-based Macs to organize data on storage devices.
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D.
FAT tables
FAT tables are data structures used by the File Allocation Table (FAT) file system to track the allocation and organization of files on a storage device.
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E.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing)
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of specifying the location of data blocks on storage devices using a linear block number scheme instead of traditional cylinder-head-sector (CHS) addressing.
- 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: GUID Partition Table Target entity description: GUID Partition Table is a modern disk partitioning scheme that uses globally unique identifiers to support large drives and numerous partitions, forming part of the UEFI standard.
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A.
GNU Parted
GNU Parted is a free, open-source disk partitioning and resizing tool commonly used on Unix-like operating systems to manage hard drive partitions.
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B.
BIOS Parameter Block
The BIOS Parameter Block is a data structure in a disk’s boot sector that defines the volume’s layout and filesystem parameters, such as sector size, cluster size, and file allocation table details.
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C.
Apple Partition Map
Apple Partition Map is a legacy disk partitioning scheme used primarily on classic Macintosh systems and older PowerPC-based Macs to organize data on storage devices.
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D.
FAT tables
FAT tables are data structures used by the File Allocation Table (FAT) file system to track the allocation and organization of files on a storage device.
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E.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing)
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of specifying the location of data blocks on storage devices using a linear block number scheme instead of traditional cylinder-head-sector (CHS) addressing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.