Honeywell 316 minicomputer
E153934
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Honeywell 316 minicomputer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1323826 — 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: Honeywell 316 minicomputer Context triple: [ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform, basedOn, Honeywell 316 minicomputer]
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A.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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B.
COSMAC ELF computer
The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
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C.
IBM 700/7000 series
The IBM 700/7000 series was a family of early large-scale mainframe computers from the 1950s and early 1960s that played a key role in scientific, engineering, and business computing before the advent of more standardized systems.
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D.
IBM System/360
IBM System/360 is a landmark family of mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s that standardized computer architecture and revolutionized business and scientific computing.
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E.
IBM System/370
IBM System/370 is a family of IBM mainframe computers introduced in the 1970s that extended and modernized the System/360 architecture while maintaining backward compatibility.
- 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: Honeywell 316 minicomputer Target entity description: The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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A.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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B.
COSMAC ELF computer
The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
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C.
IBM 700/7000 series
The IBM 700/7000 series was a family of early large-scale mainframe computers from the 1950s and early 1960s that played a key role in scientific, engineering, and business computing before the advent of more standardized systems.
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D.
IBM System/360
IBM System/360 is a landmark family of mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s that standardized computer architecture and revolutionized business and scientific computing.
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E.
IBM System/370
IBM System/370 is a family of IBM mainframe computers introduced in the 1970s that extended and modernized the System/360 architecture while maintaining backward compatibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16-bit computer
ⓘ
minicomputer ⓘ |
| architecture | 16-bit architecture ⓘ |
| commercialStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpuType |
Honeywell 316
ⓘ
surface form:
Honeywell 316 CPU
|
| dataPathWidth | 16 bits ⓘ |
| era | late 1960s ⓘ |
| family |
Honeywell 316
ⓘ
surface form:
Honeywell 316 series
|
| formFactor | rack-mounted system ⓘ |
| instructionCycleTime | on the order of microseconds ⓘ |
| instructionSet | fixed-word 16-bit instructions ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| logicTechnology | integrated circuits ⓘ |
| mainMemoryCapacity | 4K to 32K 16-bit words ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Honeywell ⓘ |
| marketedAs | general-purpose minicomputer ⓘ |
| memoryType | core memory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
reliability in real-time environments
ⓘ
use as early packet-switching node ⓘ |
| numberOfGeneralRegisters | 2 ⓘ |
| operatingSystemSupport |
custom embedded software
ⓘ
real-time operating systems ⓘ |
| powerRequirement | low power for its time ⓘ |
| predecessor | Honeywell DDP-516 ⓘ |
| replaced |
Honeywell DDP-516
ⓘ
surface form:
Honeywell DDP-516 as ARPANET IMP
|
| successor | Honeywell Level 6 series ⓘ |
| supports |
block-oriented I/O
ⓘ
character-oriented I/O ⓘ direct memory access ⓘ interrupts ⓘ real-time operation ⓘ |
| technologyGeneration | second-generation minicomputer ⓘ |
| usedAs | Interface Message Processor ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. Department of Defense projects
ⓘ
industrial firms ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ |
| usedFor |
communications control
ⓘ
data acquisition ⓘ early networking applications ⓘ embedded control ⓘ industrial control ⓘ military systems ⓘ process control ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ARPANET
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defense applications ⓘ laboratory automation ⓘ space and aerospace systems ⓘ telecommunications switching ⓘ |
| wordSize | 16 bits ⓘ |
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: Honeywell 316 minicomputer Description of subject: The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.