DPMI
E279419
DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface) is a software standard that allows DOS programs to access extended memory and run in protected mode while maintaining compatibility with the DOS environment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DOS Protected Mode Interface | 2 |
| DPMI canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2567951 — 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: DPMI Context triple: [FreeDOS, supports, DPMI]
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A.
DR-DOS
DR-DOS is a DOS-compatible operating system developed by Digital Research as an alternative to MS-DOS, known for its advanced memory management and multitasking features for IBM PC-compatible computers.
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B.
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is a command-line operating system that became the foundational software platform for early IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
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D.
DOS
DOS is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of State, the federal executive department responsible for U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
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E.
DOS/VS
DOS/VS is an IBM mainframe operating system variant designed for virtual storage support on the System/370 family.
- 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: DPMI Target entity description: DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface) is a software standard that allows DOS programs to access extended memory and run in protected mode while maintaining compatibility with the DOS environment.
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A.
DR-DOS
DR-DOS is a DOS-compatible operating system developed by Digital Research as an alternative to MS-DOS, known for its advanced memory management and multitasking features for IBM PC-compatible computers.
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B.
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is a command-line operating system that became the foundational software platform for early IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
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D.
DOS
DOS is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of State, the federal executive department responsible for U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
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E.
DOS/VS
DOS/VS is an IBM mainframe operating system variant designed for virtual storage support on the System/370 family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DOS memory management interface
ⓘ
software standard ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
DPMI
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
DOS Protected Mode Interface
|
| architecture | client-server model ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibility | designed to coexist with real-mode DOS ⓘ |
| category |
DOS memory management
ⓘ
x86 system programming interface ⓘ |
| compatibilityGoal | maintain compatibility with DOS environment ⓘ |
| componentType | software interrupt interface ⓘ |
| designedFor | DOS programs ⓘ |
| fullName |
DPMI
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
DOS Protected Mode Interface
|
| historicalRole | facilitated transition from real-mode DOS to protected-mode applications ⓘ |
| hostCanBe |
DOS extender
ⓘ
operating system ⓘ standalone DPMI server ⓘ |
| implements | protected-mode services via interrupt 31h ⓘ |
| initialReleaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| operatingSystemEnvironment | DOS ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
allow DOS programs to access extended memory
ⓘ
allow DOS programs to run in protected mode ⓘ |
| provides |
descriptor management services
ⓘ
exception handling services ⓘ interrupt reflection services ⓘ memory management services ⓘ real-mode callback services ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
DOS extenders
ⓘ
EMS ⓘ VCPI ⓘ XMS ⓘ |
| role | defines interface between DOS extender and DPMI host ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Intel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel
LIM EMS consortium ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ |
| supports |
16-bit applications under DOS
ⓘ
32-bit applications under DOS ⓘ extended memory access ⓘ protected mode execution ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| targetProcessorMode | x86 protected mode ⓘ |
| usedBy |
CWSDPMI
ⓘ
CauseWay DOS extender ⓘ DJGPP ⓘ DOS extenders ⓘ DOS/4GW ⓘ Windows 3.x ⓘ Windows 95 ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 95 DOS box
Windows 98 ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 98 DOS box
Windows ME ⓘ
surface form:
Windows ME DOS box
|
| version |
0.9
ⓘ
1.0 ⓘ |
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: DPMI Description of subject: DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface) is a software standard that allows DOS programs to access extended memory and run in protected mode while maintaining compatibility with the DOS environment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.