PuTTY
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PuTTY is a widely used free and open-source terminal emulator and network client for Windows and other platforms, supporting protocols like SSH, Telnet, and serial connections.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PuTTY canonical | 8 |
| PSFTP | 2 |
| PuTTY SSH client | 2 |
| PuTTY suite | 2 |
| PuTTYgen | 2 |
| HyperTerminal | 1 |
| PuTTY (psftp) | 1 |
| PuTTY installer | 1 |
| PuTTY private key format (PPK) | 1 |
| PuTTY telnet client | 1 |
| PuTTY terminal emulator | 1 |
| PuTTYtel | 1 |
| pscp | 1 |
| pscp.exe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T63801 — 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.
Target entity: PuTTY Context triple: [SSH, commonlyImplementedBy, PuTTY]
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A.
Telnet
Telnet is a network protocol and command-line tool that allows users to remotely access and manage devices over a text-based terminal connection.
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B.
SSH
SSH (Secure Shell) is a cryptographic network protocol used to securely access, manage, and transfer data between remote computers over unsecured networks.
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C.
TeamViewer
TeamViewer is a German software company best known for its remote access and remote control solutions that allow users to connect to and manage devices over the internet.
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D.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
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E.
TFTP
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simple, lightweight file transfer protocol commonly used for tasks like network booting and device configuration in constrained environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: PuTTY Target entity description: PuTTY is a widely used free and open-source terminal emulator and network client for Windows and other platforms, supporting protocols like SSH, Telnet, and serial connections.
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A.
Telnet
Telnet is a network protocol and command-line tool that allows users to remotely access and manage devices over a text-based terminal connection.
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B.
SSH
SSH (Secure Shell) is a cryptographic network protocol used to securely access, manage, and transfer data between remote computers over unsecured networks.
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C.
TeamViewer
TeamViewer is a German software company best known for its remote access and remote control solutions that allow users to connect to and manage devices over the internet.
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D.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
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E.
TFTP
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simple, lightweight file transfer protocol commonly used for tasks like network booting and device configuration in constrained environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SSH client
ⓘ
Telnet client ⓘ Windows software ⓘ cross-platform software ⓘ free software ⓘ open-source software ⓘ serial console client ⓘ terminal emulator ⓘ |
| configurationStorage |
Windows registry
ⓘ
session files ⓘ |
| developer | Simon Tatham ⓘ |
| distributionModel | freeware ⓘ |
| genre |
remote access software
ⓘ
terminal emulator software ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
PSCP
ⓘ
PuTTY self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
PSFTP
Pageant ⓘ Plink ⓘ PuTTY self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
PuTTYgen
PuTTY self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
PuTTYtel
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| initialReleaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a widely used SSH client on Windows ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
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Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
GSSAPI authentication
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IPv6 ⓘ X11 forwarding ⓘ color customization ⓘ configurable terminal emulation ⓘ host key verification ⓘ keyboard mapping configuration ⓘ password authentication ⓘ port forwarding ⓘ proxy support ⓘ public-key authentication ⓘ session profiles ⓘ terminal logging ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
SSH
ⓘ
SSH ⓘ
surface form:
SSH-1
SSH-2 ⓘ Telnet ⓘ raw TCP ⓘ rlogin ⓘ serial ⓘ |
| website | https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: PuTTY Description of subject: PuTTY is a widely used free and open-source terminal emulator and network client for Windows and other platforms, supporting protocols like SSH, Telnet, and serial connections.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.