Surface Connect port
E185552
The Surface Connect port is a proprietary magnetic connector used on Microsoft Surface devices for power delivery and docking.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Surface Connect port canonical | 5 |
| Surface Connect | 1 |
| SurfaceConnect | 1 |
| powered through Surface connector | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1645907 — 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: Surface Connect port Context triple: [Surface Go 2, hasPort, Surface Connect port]
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A.
Lightning connector
The Lightning connector is Apple's proprietary compact digital interface used primarily for charging and data transfer on many of its mobile devices and accessories.
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B.
USB Type-C
USB Type-C is a compact, reversible USB connector standard designed to support high-speed data transfer, power delivery, and versatile connectivity across modern electronic devices.
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C.
USBRS
USBRS is the acronym for the United States Numbered Bicycle Route System, a national network of officially designated long-distance cycling routes across the United States.
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D.
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Easy Connect
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Easy Connect is a Wi‑Fi Alliance program that simplifies and secures the onboarding of devices to Wi‑Fi networks, particularly for IoT and display-less products.
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E.
Provider Bridging
Provider Bridging is an IEEE 802.1 network technology that extends Ethernet to support scalable, VLAN-based traffic separation and forwarding across large carrier or provider networks.
- 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: Surface Connect port Target entity description: The Surface Connect port is a proprietary magnetic connector used on Microsoft Surface devices for power delivery and docking.
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A.
Lightning connector
The Lightning connector is Apple's proprietary compact digital interface used primarily for charging and data transfer on many of its mobile devices and accessories.
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B.
USB Type-C
USB Type-C is a compact, reversible USB connector standard designed to support high-speed data transfer, power delivery, and versatile connectivity across modern electronic devices.
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C.
USBRS
USBRS is the acronym for the United States Numbered Bicycle Route System, a national network of officially designated long-distance cycling routes across the United States.
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D.
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Easy Connect
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Easy Connect is a Wi‑Fi Alliance program that simplifies and secures the onboarding of devices to Wi‑Fi networks, particularly for IoT and display-less products.
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E.
Provider Bridging
Provider Bridging is an IEEE 802.1 network technology that extends Ethernet to support scalable, VLAN-based traffic separation and forwarding across large carrier or provider networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
docking connector
ⓘ
power connector ⓘ proprietary hardware interface ⓘ |
| canBeAdaptedTo | USB-C (via active adapter on some models) ⓘ |
| compatibleWithDeviceFamily |
Surface Book
ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Book series
Surface Go ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Go series
Surface Laptop Studio ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Laptop Studio series
Surface Laptop ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Laptop series
Surface Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Pro series
Surface Studio ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Studio series
|
| connectorType | magnetic connector ⓘ |
| dataInterface | USB-based protocol (over proprietary connector) ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Microsoft Surface division
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Surface hardware team
|
| designedFor | quick connection and disconnection ⓘ |
| ecosystemRole | single-cable docking solution for Surface devices ⓘ |
| feature |
breakaway safety mechanism
ⓘ
magnetic attachment ⓘ reversible orientation ⓘ |
| hasShape | narrow elongated slot with pogo-style contacts ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Surface Pro
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Surface Pro 3
|
| isProprietary | true ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
Surface Connect port
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Connect
|
| powerDelivery | DC power input ⓘ |
| powerDirection | input only on most Surface devices ⓘ |
| replacedInterfaceInEcosystem | barrel-type power jacks on some Surface models ⓘ |
| successorTo | earlier Surface magnetic power connector used on Surface RT and Surface Pro 2 ⓘ |
| supports |
Surface Dock
ⓘ
Surface Dock ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Dock 2
Surface power adapters ⓘ USB peripherals via Surface Dock ⓘ video output via Surface Dock ⓘ wired networking via Surface Dock ⓘ |
| usedFor |
charging Surface devices
ⓘ
data transfer ⓘ docking ⓘ power delivery ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Surface Laptop
ⓘ
Surface Laptop ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Laptop 2
Surface Laptop ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Laptop 3
Surface Laptop ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Laptop 4
Surface Laptop ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Laptop 5
Surface Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Pro 3
Surface Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Pro 4
Surface Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Pro 5th Gen
Surface Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Pro 6
Surface Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Pro 7
Surface Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Pro 7+
Surface Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Pro 8
Surface Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Surface Pro 9
|
| usedOnPlatform |
Microsoft Surface division
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Surface
|
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: Surface Connect port Description of subject: The Surface Connect port is a proprietary magnetic connector used on Microsoft Surface devices for power delivery and docking.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
powered through Surface connector
this entity surface form:
Surface Connect
this entity surface form:
SurfaceConnect