Tru64 UNIX
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Tru64 UNIX is a 64-bit UNIX operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (later Compaq and HP) for high-performance enterprise and technical computing on Alpha-based systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tru64 UNIX canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4425594 — 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: Tru64 UNIX Context triple: [DEC Alpha servers, usedWithOperatingSystem, Tru64 UNIX]
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A.
HP-UX
HP-UX is Hewlett-Packard's proprietary Unix operating system designed for enterprise servers and mission-critical computing environments.
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B.
IRIX operating system
IRIX is a discontinued UNIX-based operating system developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI) for its high-performance workstations and servers, particularly used in graphics, visualization, and scientific computing.
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C.
UNIX System V
UNIX System V is a major commercial version of the Unix operating system, developed by AT&T and widely influential in defining standardized Unix features and interfaces.
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D.
TOPS-20
TOPS-20 is a mainframe time-sharing operating system from the 1970s and 1980s, known for its advanced interactive features and use on DEC’s PDP-10 systems.
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E.
VMS operating system
VMS operating system is a multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its VAX minicomputers, known for its robustness, security features, and influence on later systems like Windows NT.
- 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: Tru64 UNIX Target entity description: Tru64 UNIX is a 64-bit UNIX operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (later Compaq and HP) for high-performance enterprise and technical computing on Alpha-based systems.
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A.
HP-UX
HP-UX is Hewlett-Packard's proprietary Unix operating system designed for enterprise servers and mission-critical computing environments.
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B.
IRIX operating system
IRIX is a discontinued UNIX-based operating system developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI) for its high-performance workstations and servers, particularly used in graphics, visualization, and scientific computing.
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C.
UNIX System V
UNIX System V is a major commercial version of the Unix operating system, developed by AT&T and widely influential in defining standardized Unix features and interfaces.
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D.
TOPS-20
TOPS-20 is a mainframe time-sharing operating system from the 1970s and 1980s, known for its advanced interactive features and use on DEC’s PDP-10 systems.
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E.
VMS operating system
VMS operating system is a multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its VAX minicomputers, known for its robustness, security features, and influence on later systems like Windows NT.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
64-bit operating system
ⓘ
Unix operating system ⓘ proprietary operating system ⓘ server operating system ⓘ |
| architecture |
Alpha AXP
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
DEC Alpha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | OSF/1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer |
Compaq
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Hewlett-Packard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | UNIX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
Advanced File System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
TruCluster Server NERFINISHED ⓘ advanced clustering ⓘ high availability ⓘ logical volume manager ⓘ scalability for large SMP systems ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| marketedBy |
Compaq
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Hewlett-Packard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-performance file system
ⓘ
scalable clustering technology ⓘ support for large memory and CPU configurations ⓘ |
| platform |
AlphaServer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
AlphaServer GS series NERFINISHED ⓘ AlphaStation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousName |
Compaq Tru64 UNIX
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
DEC OSF/1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Digital UNIX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
HP-UX
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
OpenVMS on Itanium for some workloads ⓘ |
| supports |
64-bit virtual memory
ⓘ
C programming language NERFINISHED ⓘ C++ programming language NERFINISHED ⓘ Fortran NERFINISHED ⓘ Java NERFINISHED ⓘ Motif graphical user interface NERFINISHED ⓘ POSIX ⓘ X Window System NERFINISHED ⓘ X/Open UNIX standards NERFINISHED ⓘ symmetric multiprocessing ⓘ |
| targetUse |
enterprise computing
ⓘ
high-performance computing ⓘ technical computing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mission-critical enterprise servers
ⓘ
scientific and engineering applications ⓘ |
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: Tru64 UNIX Description of subject: Tru64 UNIX is a 64-bit UNIX operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (later Compaq and HP) for high-performance enterprise and technical computing on Alpha-based systems.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.