AutoResetEvent
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AutoResetEvent is a synchronization primitive in .NET used to manage signaling between threads by automatically resetting its state after releasing a single waiting thread.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AutoResetEvent canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897483 — 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: AutoResetEvent Context triple: [System.Threading, containsType, AutoResetEvent]
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A.
Jakarta Concurrency
Jakarta Concurrency is a Jakarta EE specification that defines standardized APIs and mechanisms for managing asynchronous and parallel execution in enterprise Java applications.
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B.
AnyCancellable
AnyCancellable is a type in Apple’s Combine framework that represents a token you can store and use to cancel an active subscription to a publisher.
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C.
NSAutoreleasePool
NSAutoreleasePool is an Objective-C Foundation class that manages the deferred release of objects in manual reference-counted memory management.
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D.
Objeto ativo (Active Object)
Objeto ativo (Active Object) is a seminal concrete art piece by Brazilian artist Willys de Castro that explores the fusion of painting and sculpture through geometric abstraction and viewer interaction.
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E.
WinRT
WinRT (Windows Runtime) is Microsoft’s modern application platform and API surface that underpins Windows Store and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, enabling language projections across multiple programming languages.
- 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: AutoResetEvent Target entity description: AutoResetEvent is a synchronization primitive in .NET used to manage signaling between threads by automatically resetting its state after releasing a single waiting thread.
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A.
Jakarta Concurrency
Jakarta Concurrency is a Jakarta EE specification that defines standardized APIs and mechanisms for managing asynchronous and parallel execution in enterprise Java applications.
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B.
AnyCancellable
AnyCancellable is a type in Apple’s Combine framework that represents a token you can store and use to cancel an active subscription to a publisher.
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C.
NSAutoreleasePool
NSAutoreleasePool is an Objective-C Foundation class that manages the deferred release of objects in manual reference-counted memory management.
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D.
Objeto ativo (Active Object)
Objeto ativo (Active Object) is a seminal concrete art piece by Brazilian artist Willys de Castro that explores the fusion of painting and sculpture through geometric abstraction and viewer interaction.
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E.
WinRT
WinRT (Windows Runtime) is Microsoft’s modern application platform and API surface that underpins Windows Store and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, enabling language projections across multiple programming languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WaitHandle subclass
ⓘ
class ⓘ |
| assembly |
System.Private.CoreLib (in .NET Core/.NET 5+)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mscorlib (in .NET Framework) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
concurrency control
ⓘ
threading API ⓘ |
| comparedWith | ManualResetEvent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructor | AutoResetEvent(bool initialState) ⓘ |
| defaultState | non-signaled unless specified in constructor ⓘ |
| definedIn | System.Threading namespace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| differenceFromManualResetEvent |
AutoResetEvent automatically resets after releasing a thread
ⓘ
ManualResetEvent remains signaled until Reset is called ⓘ |
| disposalPattern | implements IDisposable via WaitHandle ⓘ |
| documentation | Microsoft Docs: AutoResetEvent Class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom |
EventWaitHandle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WaitHandle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedFor | thread synchronization ⓘ |
| languageSupport |
C#
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
F# NERFINISHED ⓘ VB.NET NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifecycle | must be disposed to free underlying OS handle ⓘ |
| method |
Reset()
ⓘ
Set() ⓘ WaitOne() ⓘ WaitOne(TimeSpan timeout) ⓘ WaitOne(int millisecondsTimeout) ⓘ |
| methodInheritedFrom |
WaitHandle.WaitAll(WaitHandle[])
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WaitHandle.WaitAny(WaitHandle[]) ⓘ |
| partOf |
.NET (5+) runtime libraries
ⓘ
.NET Core NERFINISHED ⓘ .NET Framework NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ManualResetEvent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mutex ⓘ SemaphoreSlim ⓘ |
| releases | one waiting thread per Set call ⓘ |
| requires | System.Threading namespace import in C# ⓘ |
| resetBehavior | automatically resets to non-signaled after releasing a single waiting thread ⓘ |
| signalType | auto-reset event ⓘ |
| stateType | signaled or non-signaled ⓘ |
| supports | multiple waiting threads ⓘ |
| threadSafety | thread-safe ⓘ |
| underlyingConcept | kernel event object on most platforms ⓘ |
| usagePattern |
one-to-one signaling
ⓘ
producer-consumer coordination ⓘ |
| usedFor |
blocking and releasing threads
ⓘ
signaling between threads ⓘ |
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: AutoResetEvent Description of subject: AutoResetEvent is a synchronization primitive in .NET used to manage signaling between threads by automatically resetting its state after releasing a single waiting thread.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.