TTimer
E322640
TTimer is a non-visual Delphi VCL component that triggers events at specified time intervals, commonly used to execute code periodically without blocking the main application thread.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TTimer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3061208 — 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: TTimer Context triple: [Visual Component Library, includes, TTimer]
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A.
The New Timer
"The New Timer" is a somber folk-rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells a poignant story of economic hardship and personal struggle in contemporary America.
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B.
Time rotor
The Time rotor is the central, vertically moving column in the TARDIS console that visually represents the time machine’s engines in operation in the Doctor Who universe.
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C.
T.I.M.E.
T.I.M.E. is an international association of leading engineering and technology universities that collaborates on joint programs, double degrees, and academic exchanges.
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D.
The Time Regulation Institute
The Time Regulation Institute is a satirical novel by Turkish author Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar that critiques modernization and bureaucracy in early 20th-century Turkey.
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E.
T.I.M.E. Association
T.I.M.E. Association is an international network of leading engineering and technology universities that collaborate to offer double degrees, student exchanges, and joint educational programs.
- 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: TTimer Target entity description: TTimer is a non-visual Delphi VCL component that triggers events at specified time intervals, commonly used to execute code periodically without blocking the main application thread.
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A.
The New Timer
"The New Timer" is a somber folk-rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells a poignant story of economic hardship and personal struggle in contemporary America.
-
B.
Time rotor
The Time rotor is the central, vertically moving column in the TARDIS console that visually represents the time machine’s engines in operation in the Doctor Who universe.
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C.
T.I.M.E.
T.I.M.E. is an international association of leading engineering and technology universities that collaborates on joint programs, double degrees, and academic exchanges.
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D.
The Time Regulation Institute
The Time Regulation Institute is a satirical novel by Turkish author Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar that critiques modernization and bureaucracy in early 20th-century Turkey.
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E.
T.I.M.E. Association
T.I.M.E. Association is an international network of leading engineering and technology universities that collaborate to offer double degrees, student exchanges, and joint educational programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Delphi VCL component
ⓘ
non-visual component ⓘ |
| availability |
Delphi (programming language)
ⓘ
surface form:
Delphi VCL for Win32
Delphi (programming language) ⓘ
surface form:
Delphi VCL for Win64
|
| baseClass | TComponent ⓘ |
| category | System timers ⓘ |
| componentLibrary |
Delphi (programming language)
ⓘ
surface form:
Delphi VCL
|
| componentType | TComponent descendant ⓘ |
| configuration |
Enabled toggles timer activity
ⓘ
Interval set in milliseconds ⓘ |
| defaultEnabledValue | False ⓘ |
| defaultIntervalUnit | milliseconds ⓘ |
| dependency | Windows message queue ⓘ |
| designPattern | event-driven callback ⓘ |
| designTimeRepresentation | icon on form designer ⓘ |
| event | OnTimer ⓘ |
| executionContext | OnTimer handler executes in main thread ⓘ |
| framework |
Windows VCL
ⓘ
surface form:
VCL
|
| integration | works with Delphi form designer ⓘ |
| introducedIn | early versions of Delphi ⓘ |
| libraryUnit |
Vcl.ExtCtrls
ⓘ
surface form:
ExtCtrls
|
| lifecycle | created at runtime or dropped on form at design time ⓘ |
| namespace | Vcl.ExtCtrls ⓘ |
| nonBlocking | True ⓘ |
| notSuitableFor |
high-precision timing
ⓘ
real-time operations ⓘ |
| ownerPattern | owned by TComponent-based owner ⓘ |
| platform | Windows ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
Delphi (programming language)
ⓘ
surface form:
Delphi
|
| property |
Enabled
ⓘ
Interval ⓘ OnTimer ⓘ Tag ⓘ |
| propertyTypeOf_Enabled | Boolean ⓘ |
| propertyTypeOf_Interval | Cardinal ⓘ |
| propertyTypeOf_OnTimer | TNotifyEvent ⓘ |
| purpose | trigger events at specified time intervals ⓘ |
| requiresMessageLoop | True ⓘ |
| suitableFor |
periodic UI updates
ⓘ
simple periodic background tasks ⓘ |
| threadingModel | runs in main application thread ⓘ |
| timerMechanism | Windows message-based timer ⓘ |
| usage | execute code periodically ⓘ |
| usedFor |
polling operations
ⓘ
scheduled periodic checks ⓘ |
| usesWindowsAPI |
KillTimer
ⓘ
SetTimer ⓘ |
| visualRepresentation | non-visual at runtime ⓘ |
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: TTimer Description of subject: TTimer is a non-visual Delphi VCL component that triggers events at specified time intervals, commonly used to execute code periodically without blocking the main application thread.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.