Intel HEX
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Intel HEX is a widely used ASCII text-based file format for representing binary data, commonly employed for programming microcontrollers, EPROMs, and other programmable devices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Intel HEX canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792355 — 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: Intel HEX Context triple: [GNU Binutils, supportsFormat, Intel HEX]
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A.
Keil
Keil is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Portuguese composer Alfredo Keil.
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B.
Universal 2 binary format
Universal 2 binary format is Apple’s macOS application packaging format that combines both Intel and Apple silicon (ARM) executables into a single app bundle for seamless cross-architecture support.
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C.
UPX
UPX is an executable packer and compressor commonly used to reduce the size of binary programs.
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D.
Hexagon DSP
Hexagon DSP is Qualcomm’s proprietary digital signal processor architecture designed to efficiently handle complex multimedia, AI, and signal-processing tasks in mobile and embedded devices.
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E.
SPIM
SPIM was the former ICAO airport code for Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru, before it was changed to SPJC.
- 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: Intel HEX Target entity description: Intel HEX is a widely used ASCII text-based file format for representing binary data, commonly employed for programming microcontrollers, EPROMs, and other programmable devices.
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A.
Keil
Keil is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Portuguese composer Alfredo Keil.
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B.
Universal 2 binary format
Universal 2 binary format is Apple’s macOS application packaging format that combines both Intel and Apple silicon (ARM) executables into a single app bundle for seamless cross-architecture support.
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C.
UPX
UPX is an executable packer and compressor commonly used to reduce the size of binary programs.
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D.
Hexagon DSP
Hexagon DSP is Qualcomm’s proprietary digital signal processor architecture designed to efficiently handle complex multimedia, AI, and signal-processing tasks in mobile and embedded devices.
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E.
SPIM
SPIM was the former ICAO airport code for Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru, before it was changed to SPJC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file format
ⓘ
hexadecimal object file format ⓘ |
| addressingSupport |
16-bit addressing
ⓘ
20-bit addressing via extended segment address records ⓘ 32-bit addressing via extended linear address records ⓘ |
| allowsNonContiguousAddresses | true ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
S-record
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola S-record
binary image files ⓘ |
| binaryDataStorage | encoded as hexadecimal text pairs ⓘ |
| category |
firmware file format
ⓘ
object code representation format ⓘ |
| checksumPurpose | error detection ⓘ |
| checksumType | two’s complement of least significant byte of sum of record bytes ⓘ |
| commonlyGeneratedBy |
assemblers
ⓘ
compilers ⓘ linkers ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedWith |
16-bit microcontrollers
ⓘ
32-bit microcontrollers ⓘ 8-bit microcontrollers ⓘ |
| dataEncoding | hexadecimal ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Intel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel
|
| field |
address
ⓘ
byte count ⓘ checksum ⓘ data ⓘ record mark ⓘ record type ⓘ |
| fileType | ASCII text ⓘ |
| humanReadable | true ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Intel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel
|
| lineByteCountRange | 1–255 data bytes per record ⓘ |
| lineStructure | one record per line ⓘ |
| primaryUse | representing binary data ⓘ |
| recordDelimiter | newline ⓘ |
| recordStartCharacter | : ⓘ |
| recordType |
00 data record
ⓘ
01 end-of-file record ⓘ 02 extended segment address record ⓘ 03 start segment address record ⓘ 04 extended linear address record ⓘ 05 start linear address record ⓘ |
| suitableFor |
bootloaders that parse text-based records
ⓘ
serial transmission of program data ⓘ |
| supportsRandomAccessLayout | true ⓘ |
| typicalFileExtension |
.hex
ⓘ
.ihx ⓘ |
| usedFor |
programming EPROMs
ⓘ
programming flash memory devices ⓘ programming microcontrollers ⓘ storing firmware images ⓘ transferring binary data between systems ⓘ |
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: Intel HEX Description of subject: Intel HEX is a widely used ASCII text-based file format for representing binary data, commonly employed for programming microcontrollers, EPROMs, and other programmable devices.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.