Computer History Museum
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The Computer History Museum is a major institution in Mountain View, California dedicated to preserving and presenting the history and impact of computing and information technology.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Computer History Museum canonical | 9 |
| Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California | 1 |
| Digital Computer Museum | 1 |
| The Computer Museum History Center | 1 |
| The Computer Museum in Boston | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1496511 — 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: Computer History Museum Context triple: [Mountain View, hasLandmark, Computer History Museum]
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A.
Intel Museum
The Intel Museum is a technology museum in Santa Clara, California, showcasing the history of Intel and the evolution of semiconductor and microprocessor technology.
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Museum of History and Technology
The Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History, is a Smithsonian Institution museum in Washington, D.C. dedicated to preserving and interpreting the social, political, cultural, scientific, and technological history of the United States.
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Xerox PARC
Xerox PARC is a pioneering research center renowned for developing foundational technologies of modern computing, including the graphical user interface, laser printing, and Ethernet networking.
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D.
Doug Engelbart Institute
The Doug Engelbart Institute is an organization dedicated to advancing the visionary ideas of computing pioneer Douglas Engelbart, particularly in augmenting human intellect and collaborative problem-solving.
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E.
Computer History Museum Fellow Award
The Computer History Museum Fellow Award is a prestigious honor recognizing individuals who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to the field of computing and information technology.
- 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: Computer History Museum Target entity description: The Computer History Museum is a major institution in Mountain View, California dedicated to preserving and presenting the history and impact of computing and information technology.
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A.
Intel Museum
The Intel Museum is a technology museum in Santa Clara, California, showcasing the history of Intel and the evolution of semiconductor and microprocessor technology.
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B.
Museum of History and Technology
The Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History, is a Smithsonian Institution museum in Washington, D.C. dedicated to preserving and interpreting the social, political, cultural, scientific, and technological history of the United States.
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C.
Xerox PARC
Xerox PARC is a pioneering research center renowned for developing foundational technologies of modern computing, including the graphical user interface, laser printing, and Ethernet networking.
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D.
Doug Engelbart Institute
The Doug Engelbart Institute is an organization dedicated to advancing the visionary ideas of computing pioneer Douglas Engelbart, particularly in augmenting human intellect and collaborative problem-solving.
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E.
Computer History Museum Fellow Award
The Computer History Museum Fellow Award is a prestigious honor recognizing individuals who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to the field of computing and information technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history museum
ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ technology museum ⓘ |
| address | 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ⓘ |
| buildingOpenedToPublic | 2002 ⓘ |
| city | Mountain View ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county | Santa Clara County ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
history of computing
ⓘ
information technology ⓘ |
| formerName |
Computer History Museum
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Digital Computer Museum
Computer History Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Computer Museum History Center
|
| founded | 1996 ⓘ |
| grandReopening | 2011 ⓘ |
| hasCollectionSize | over 100,000 artifacts ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
documents
ⓘ
hardware artifacts ⓘ oral histories ⓘ photographs ⓘ software artifacts ⓘ |
| hasExhibition |
Make Software: Change the World!
ⓘ
Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing ⓘ Where To? A History of Autonomous Vehicles ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
collection storage
ⓘ
exhibition galleries ⓘ research center ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
education programs
ⓘ
public lectures ⓘ research programs ⓘ |
| legalStatus | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| location |
Mountain View, California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Mountain View, California
|
| mission | to preserve and present the history and impact of computing ⓘ |
| name | Computer History Museum self-link ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
Googleplex
ⓘ
Shoreline Amphitheatre ⓘ |
| originatedFrom |
Computer History Museum
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Computer Museum in Boston
|
| relocatedTo |
Mountain View, California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Mountain View, California
|
| relocationCompleted | 2002 ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
computing professionals
ⓘ
general public ⓘ historians of technology ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| subjectArea |
computer hardware
ⓘ
computer software ⓘ internet history ⓘ networking ⓘ semiconductor industry ⓘ |
| website | https://www.computerhistory.org ⓘ |
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: Computer History Museum Description of subject: The Computer History Museum is a major institution in Mountain View, California dedicated to preserving and presenting the history and impact of computing and information technology.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Xerox Alto
this entity surface form:
Digital Computer Museum
this entity surface form:
The Computer Museum History Center
this entity surface form:
The Computer Museum in Boston
this entity surface form:
Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California