Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
E200282
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is a refinement-focused release of Apple's Mac operating system that emphasized performance, stability, and under-the-hood improvements over major new features.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard canonical | 3 |
| Mac OS X 10.6 | 1 |
| macOS Snow Leopard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774008 — 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.
Target entity: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Context triple: [AppleTalk, supportRemovedIn, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard]
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A.
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah is the first major release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, notable for debuting the modern, visually rich user interface that replaced the classic Mac OS.
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B.
Mac
Mac is Apple’s line of personal computers known for their sleek hardware design and tight integration with the macOS operating system.
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C.
Mac
Mac is one of the main characters on the sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," known for his delusional self-image, obsession with toughness and martial arts, and often misguided religious zeal.
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D.
Mac OS 9
Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's classic Mac OS line, known for features like Sherlock 2, improved internet integration, and serving as a bridge before the transition to Mac OS X.
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E.
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 8 is a classic Apple Macintosh operating system released in 1997 that introduced a revamped Platinum interface, improved multitasking, and enhanced Internet and multimedia features for pre-OS X Macs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Target entity description: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is a refinement-focused release of Apple's Mac operating system that emphasized performance, stability, and under-the-hood improvements over major new features.
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A.
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah is the first major release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, notable for debuting the modern, visually rich user interface that replaced the classic Mac OS.
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B.
Mac
Mac is Apple’s line of personal computers known for their sleek hardware design and tight integration with the macOS operating system.
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C.
Mac
Mac is one of the main characters on the sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," known for his delusional self-image, obsession with toughness and martial arts, and often misguided religious zeal.
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D.
Mac OS 9
Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's classic Mac OS line, known for features like Sherlock 2, improved internet integration, and serving as a bridge before the transition to Mac OS X.
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E.
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 8 is a classic Apple Macintosh operating system released in 1997 that introduced a revamped Platinum interface, improved multitasking, and enhanced Internet and multimedia features for pre-OS X Macs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mac OS X release
ⓘ
desktop operating system ⓘ |
| codename | Snow Leopard ⓘ |
| defaultBrowser | Safari ⓘ |
| defaultEmailClient | Mail ⓘ |
| defaultMediaPlayer |
QuickTime
ⓘ
surface form:
QuickTime X
|
| defaultShell | bash ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| discontinued | true ⓘ |
| distributionMethod |
DVD
ⓘ
App Store ⓘ
surface form:
Mac App Store (later for some updates)
|
| dropsSupportFor |
PowerPC
ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC architecture
|
| focus |
performance improvements
ⓘ
stability improvements ⓘ under-the-hood changes ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mac OS X 10.7 Lion ⓘ |
| includedWith | new Macs sold starting in late 2009 ⓘ |
| includesFeature |
64-bit Finder
ⓘ
Exchange Server 2007 support ⓘ Grand Central Dispatch ⓘ OpenCL support ⓘ enhanced QuickTime X ⓘ improved Exposé integration with Dock ⓘ improved Mail application ⓘ improved Safari browser ⓘ reduced disk footprint compared to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard ⓘ refined Dock and Stacks behavior ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2009-08-28 ⓘ |
| kernelName | XNU ⓘ |
| kernelType | hybrid kernel ⓘ |
| latestReleaseDate | 2011-07-25 ⓘ |
| latestReleaseVersion | 10.6.8 ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| marketingSlogan | The world’s most advanced operating system. Finely tuned. ⓘ |
| notableChange |
emphasis on refinement rather than new user-facing features
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first Mac OS X release to drop support for PowerPC Macs ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily |
macOS
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS X
|
| platform | Intel-based Macintosh ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2009-08-28 ⓘ |
| sourceModel | closed source with open-source components ⓘ |
| supportedArchitecture |
x86
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x86-64 ⓘ |
| supportStatus | unsupported ⓘ |
| supportsTechnology |
64-bit applications
ⓘ
OpenCL ⓘ OpenGL ⓘ |
| userInterface | Aqua ⓘ |
| versionNumber | 10.6 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Description of subject: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is a refinement-focused release of Apple's Mac operating system that emphasized performance, stability, and under-the-hood improvements over major new features.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.