CUPS
E40781
CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is an open-source modular printing system for Unix-like operating systems that manages print jobs and queues using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CUPS canonical | 8 |
| Common UNIX Printing System | 6 |
| CUPS printing system | 1 |
| CUPS project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T314881 — 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: CUPS Context triple: [ChromeOS, supportsPrintingStandard, CUPS]
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A.
PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
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B.
CTP
CTP is a commonly used acronym for the Center for Theoretical Physics, a research institution focused on advancing fundamental understanding in theoretical physics.
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C.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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D.
Jasper Technologies
Jasper Technologies is a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider known for enabling companies to manage and monetize connected devices and services.
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E.
B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
- 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: CUPS Target entity description: CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is an open-source modular printing system for Unix-like operating systems that manages print jobs and queues using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
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A.
PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
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B.
CTP
CTP is a commonly used acronym for the Center for Theoretical Physics, a research institution focused on advancing fundamental understanding in theoretical physics.
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C.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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D.
Jasper Technologies
Jasper Technologies is a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider known for enabling companies to manage and monetize connected devices and services.
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E.
B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open-source software
ⓘ
printing system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CUPS self-link ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| category |
Free software
ⓘ
Printing software ⓘ Unix software ⓘ |
| configurationInterface |
command-line tools
ⓘ
configuration files ⓘ web interface ⓘ |
| defaultPrintSystemOf |
macOS
ⓘ
many Linux distributions ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
Michael Sweet ⓘ |
| fullName |
CUPS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Common UNIX Printing System
|
| genre |
print server
ⓘ
spooler ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
PPD compiler
ⓘ
backend ⓘ filter ⓘ scheduler ⓘ web-based administration interface ⓘ |
| implementsProtocol |
IPP/1.1
ⓘ
IPP/2.0 ⓘ IPP/2.1 ⓘ IPP/2.2 ⓘ Internet Printing Protocol ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1999 ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
surface form:
GPL-2.0-or-later
LGPL-2.1-or-later ⓘ |
| maintainer | OpenPrinting project ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
FreeBSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ NetBSD ⓘ OpenBSD ⓘ Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form:
Solaris
macOS ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| originalAuthor | Michael Sweet ⓘ |
| originalDeveloper | Easy Software Products ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ |
| sourceRepository | https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups ⓘ |
| stableReleaseType | software release ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
class-based printer grouping
ⓘ
driverless printing ⓘ network printing ⓘ print job management ⓘ print queue management ⓘ printer sharing ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
AppSocket
ⓘ
IPP over HTTP ⓘ IPP over HTTPS ⓘ JetDirect ⓘ LPD ⓘ SMB ⓘ |
| usesFormat |
Portable Document Format
ⓘ
surface form:
PDF
PPD files ⓘ PostScript ⓘ Raster ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cups.org/ ⓘ |
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: CUPS Description of subject: CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is an open-source modular printing system for Unix-like operating systems that manages print jobs and queues using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Common UNIX Printing System
this entity surface form:
Common UNIX Printing System
this entity surface form:
Common UNIX Printing System
subject surface form:
OpenPrinting
subject surface form:
OpenPrinting
subject surface form:
OpenPrinting
this entity surface form:
Common UNIX Printing System
this entity surface form:
Common UNIX Printing System
this entity surface form:
CUPS printing system
this entity surface form:
Common UNIX Printing System
this entity surface form:
CUPS project