Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
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Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah is the first major release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, notable for debuting the modern, visually rich user interface that replaced the classic Mac OS.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah canonical | 6 |
| Mac OS X 10.0 | 4 |
| Mac OS X (early versions on later models) | 1 |
| Mac OS X (early versions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T300104 — 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: Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Context triple: [Aqua, introducedWithVersion, Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah]
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A.
Mac OS 9
Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's classic Mac OS line, known for features like Sherlock 2, improved internet integration, and serving as a bridge before the transition to Mac OS X.
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B.
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 8 is a classic Apple Macintosh operating system released in 1997 that introduced a revamped Platinum interface, improved multitasking, and enhanced Internet and multimedia features for pre-OS X Macs.
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C.
Classic Mac OS
Classic Mac OS is the original graphical operating system for Apple’s Macintosh computers, known for its intuitive interface, single-tasking roots, and evolution from System 1 through Mac OS 9 before being replaced by macOS.
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D.
macOS
macOS is Apple’s proprietary Unix-based operating system known for its graphical user interface, tight integration with Apple hardware and services, and strong emphasis on usability and security.
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E.
XNU
XNU is the hybrid operating system kernel developed by Apple that powers macOS and other Apple platforms, combining components from Mach and BSD.
- 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: Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Target entity description: Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah is the first major release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, notable for debuting the modern, visually rich user interface that replaced the classic Mac OS.
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A.
Mac OS 9
Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's classic Mac OS line, known for features like Sherlock 2, improved internet integration, and serving as a bridge before the transition to Mac OS X.
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B.
Mac OS 8
Mac OS 8 is a classic Apple Macintosh operating system released in 1997 that introduced a revamped Platinum interface, improved multitasking, and enhanced Internet and multimedia features for pre-OS X Macs.
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C.
Classic Mac OS
Classic Mac OS is the original graphical operating system for Apple’s Macintosh computers, known for its intuitive interface, single-tasking roots, and evolution from System 1 through Mac OS 9 before being replaced by macOS.
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D.
macOS
macOS is Apple’s proprietary Unix-based operating system known for its graphical user interface, tight integration with Apple hardware and services, and strong emphasis on usability and security.
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E.
XNU
XNU is the hybrid operating system kernel developed by Apple that powers macOS and other Apple platforms, combining components from Mach and BSD.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mac OS X release
ⓘ
operating system ⓘ |
| architecture |
PowerPC G3
ⓘ
iMac G3 ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC G3 iMac
PowerPC G4 ⓘ PowerPC G4 ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC G4 Cube
|
| basedOn | Darwin ⓘ |
| codename | Cheetah ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| family | Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mac OS X 10.1 Puma ⓘ |
| follows | Mac OS 9 ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
BSD userland
ⓘ
Classic environment ⓘ Mach microkernel components ⓘ OpenGL ⓘ Quartz ⓘ QuickTime ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
Aqua user interface
ⓘ
Classic environment ⓘ Dock ⓘ Dock magnification ⓘ Dock minimization effects ⓘ Finder with Aqua interface ⓘ Mail application ⓘ OpenGL-based compositing ⓘ Preview application ⓘ Quartz 2D ⓘ
surface form:
Quartz 2D rendering
Quartz 2D ⓘ
surface form:
Quartz graphics engine
macOS System Settings ⓘ
surface form:
System Preferences application
Terminal application ⓘ TextEdit ⓘ
surface form:
TextEdit application
preemptive multitasking ⓘ protected memory ⓘ |
| kernelName | XNU ⓘ |
| kernelType | hybrid kernel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
modern visually rich user interface
ⓘ
transition from classic Mac OS to Mac OS X ⓘ |
| partOf |
macOS
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS X family
|
| platform | PowerPC ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mac OS 9 ⓘ |
| releaseType | major release ⓘ |
| replaced | classic Mac OS user interface ⓘ |
| sourceModel | closed source with open-source components ⓘ |
| supports | HFS+ file system ⓘ |
| supportStatus | unsupported ⓘ |
| targetAudience | Macintosh users ⓘ |
| userInterface | Aqua ⓘ |
| versionNumber | 10.0 ⓘ |
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: Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Description of subject: Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah is the first major release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, notable for debuting the modern, visually rich user interface that replaced the classic Mac OS.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mac OS X 10.0
subject surface form:
Classic Environment
this entity surface form:
Mac OS X (early versions on later models)
this entity surface form:
Mac OS X 10.0
this entity surface form:
Mac OS X 10.0
subject surface form:
Quartz (Apple graphics)
this entity surface form:
Mac OS X (early versions)