SPX
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SPX (Sequenced Packet Exchange) is a connection-oriented transport-layer protocol used primarily in Novell NetWare networks to provide reliable, sequenced delivery of packets over IPX.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SPX canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7858418 — 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: SPX Context triple: [IPX/SPX, protocolFamily, SPX]
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A.
SPX
SPX is the IATA airport code for Sphinx International Airport, a commercial airport serving the Giza/Cairo region of Egypt.
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B.
SPX
SPX is the ticker symbol for the S&P 500, a major U.S. stock market index tracking the performance of 500 large publicly traded companies.
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C.
SPS
SPS refers to the Single Payment Scheme, an agricultural subsidy system used in the European Union to provide income support to farmers through decoupled direct payments.
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D.
SPS
SPS is the commonly used abbreviation for Seattle Public Schools, the primary public school district serving the city of Seattle, Washington.
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E.
SPS
SPS is the abbreviation of the Socialist Party of Serbia, a major left-wing political party in Serbia.
- 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: SPX Target entity description: SPX (Sequenced Packet Exchange) is a connection-oriented transport-layer protocol used primarily in Novell NetWare networks to provide reliable, sequenced delivery of packets over IPX.
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A.
SPX
SPX is the ticker symbol for the S&P 500, a major U.S. stock market index tracking the performance of 500 large publicly traded companies.
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B.
SPX
SPX is the IATA airport code for Sphinx International Airport, a commercial airport serving the Giza/Cairo region of Egypt.
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C.
SPS
SPS refers to the Single Payment Scheme, an agricultural subsidy system used in the European Union to provide income support to farmers through decoupled direct payments.
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D.
SPS
SPS is a high-energy circular particle accelerator at CERN that serves as a key injector for the Large Hadron Collider and supports a wide range of physics experiments.
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E.
SPS
SPS is the abbreviation of the Socialist Party of Serbia, a major left-wing political party in Serbia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
connection-oriented protocol
ⓘ
transport-layer protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Sequenced Packet Exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| addressingUses |
IPX network address
ⓘ
IPX node address ⓘ IPX socket number ⓘ |
| association | Novell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectionEstablishment | handshake procedure ⓘ |
| connectionManagement |
maintenance
ⓘ
setup ⓘ termination ⓘ |
| connectionType | virtual circuit ⓘ |
| designedFor | Novell NetWare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | computer networking ⓘ |
| errorHandling | detection and recovery at transport layer ⓘ |
| feature |
error recovery
ⓘ
flow control ⓘ sequenced packets ⓘ |
| fullName | Sequenced Packet Exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guarantees |
in-order delivery of packets
ⓘ
no-duplication of packets ⓘ |
| layer | transport layer ⓘ |
| operationalContext | local area networks ⓘ |
| OSIModelLayer | Layer 4 ⓘ |
| packetType | sequenced packet ⓘ |
| protocolSuite | IPX/SPX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides |
connection-oriented service
ⓘ
reliable delivery ⓘ sequenced delivery ⓘ |
| reliabilityMechanism |
acknowledgments
ⓘ
retransmissions ⓘ |
| reliabilityScope | between two endpoints ⓘ |
| requires | underlying IPX connectivity ⓘ |
| runsOver | IPX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| similarTo | TCP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | legacy protocol ⓘ |
| supersededBy | TCP/IP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportService | end-to-end communication over IPX ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment | enterprise networks using NetWare ⓘ |
| usedFor |
client-server applications on NetWare
ⓘ
file service communication on NetWare ⓘ print service communication on NetWare ⓘ |
| usedPrimarilyIn | Novell NetWare networks ⓘ |
| uses | IPX as network-layer protocol ⓘ |
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: SPX Description of subject: SPX (Sequenced Packet Exchange) is a connection-oriented transport-layer protocol used primarily in Novell NetWare networks to provide reliable, sequenced delivery of packets over IPX.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.