Apple Filing Protocol
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Apple Filing Protocol is a network protocol developed by Apple for file services and sharing on Macintosh and AppleTalk-based networks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Filing Protocol canonical | 5 |
| Apple Filing Protocol services in macOS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1773976 — 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: Apple Filing Protocol Context triple: [AppleTalk, applicationLayerProtocol, Apple Filing Protocol]
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A.
HFS Plus
HFS Plus is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Apple for use in macOS and earlier Macintosh operating systems, succeeding the original HFS to support larger files and volumes.
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B.
APFS
APFS (Apple File System) is Apple's modern, high-performance file system designed for macOS and other Apple platforms, featuring strong encryption, space sharing, snapshots, and improved reliability over its predecessors.
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C.
AppleTalk
AppleTalk was Apple’s proprietary suite of networking protocols that enabled file and printer sharing and other communication services between Macintosh computers and devices.
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D.
AirPort
AirPort is Apple's brand name for its line of Wi‑Fi networking technology and products used to provide wireless connectivity for its computers and devices.
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E.
ISO 9660
ISO 9660 is an international standard file system format primarily used for optical disc media such as CD-ROMs to ensure cross-platform data 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: Apple Filing Protocol Target entity description: Apple Filing Protocol is a network protocol developed by Apple for file services and sharing on Macintosh and AppleTalk-based networks.
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A.
HFS Plus
HFS Plus is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Apple for use in macOS and earlier Macintosh operating systems, succeeding the original HFS to support larger files and volumes.
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B.
APFS
APFS (Apple File System) is Apple's modern, high-performance file system designed for macOS and other Apple platforms, featuring strong encryption, space sharing, snapshots, and improved reliability over its predecessors.
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C.
AppleTalk
AppleTalk was Apple’s proprietary suite of networking protocols that enabled file and printer sharing and other communication services between Macintosh computers and devices.
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D.
AirPort
AirPort is Apple's brand name for its line of Wi‑Fi networking technology and products used to provide wireless connectivity for its computers and devices.
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E.
ISO 9660
ISO 9660 is an international standard file system format primarily used for optical disc media such as CD-ROMs to ensure cross-platform data compatibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file transfer protocol
ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ |
| currentTransport | TCP/IP ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
AFP 1.0
ⓘ
AFP ⓘ
surface form:
AFP 2.0
AFP 2.1 ⓘ AFP 2.2 ⓘ AFP 3.0 ⓘ AFP 3.1 ⓘ AFP 3.1 ⓘ
surface form:
AFP 3.2
AFP 3.3 ⓘ AFP 3.1 ⓘ
surface form:
AFP 3.4
AFP 3.5 ⓘ AFP 3.6 ⓘ |
| introducedInProduct | AppleShare ⓘ |
| networkPort |
TCP port 548
ⓘ
UDP port 548 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
AppleShare
ⓘ
surface form:
AppleShare IP
Classic Mac OS ⓘ Netatalk ⓘ macOS ⓘ
surface form:
OS X
macOS ⓘ |
| previousTransport | AppleTalk DDP ⓘ |
| primaryUsePeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ |
| protocolFamily |
AppleTalk
ⓘ
TCP/IP ⓘ |
| purpose |
file services
ⓘ
file sharing ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
SMB
ⓘ
surface form:
SMB2
SMB3 ⓘ SMB ⓘ
surface form:
Server Message Block
|
| shortName | AFP ⓘ |
| status | deprecated in macOS ⓘ |
| supportsAuthenticationMethod |
ClearText
ⓘ
DHX ⓘ DHX2 ⓘ Kerberos ⓘ Password Server ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Finder metadata
ⓘ
Unicode file names ⓘ access control lists ⓘ byte-range locking ⓘ file locking ⓘ long file names ⓘ resource forks ⓘ user authentication ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Macintosh file sharing
ⓘ
network file system access ⓘ |
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: Apple Filing Protocol Description of subject: Apple Filing Protocol is a network protocol developed by Apple for file services and sharing on Macintosh and AppleTalk-based networks.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apple Filing Protocol services in macOS