CMD
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CMD is the command-line interpreter for Microsoft Windows that allows users to execute text-based commands for system administration and automation tasks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CMD canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8289889 — 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: CMD Context triple: [Windows Command Prompt, alsoKnownAs, CMD]
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A.
Cmd
Cmd is the standard abbreviation used for United Kingdom Command Papers, which are official government documents presented to Parliament.
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B.
CMDv
CMDv is the Coordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures – Veterinary, the European Union body that oversees the coordination of veterinary medicinal product authorisation procedures across member states.
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C.
Cmnd
Cmnd is the standard abbreviation used for a series of official UK government Command Papers presented to Parliament.
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D.
Home Command
Home Command was a major British Army formation responsible for the administration, training, and home defence of forces within the United Kingdom.
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E.
CMDh
CMDh is a European Medicines Agency coordination group that oversees and harmonizes the mutual recognition and decentralised procedures for authorising human medicines across EU member states.
- 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: CMD Target entity description: CMD is the command-line interpreter for Microsoft Windows that allows users to execute text-based commands for system administration and automation tasks.
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A.
Cmd
Cmd is the standard abbreviation used for United Kingdom Command Papers, which are official government documents presented to Parliament.
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B.
CMDv
CMDv is the Coordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures – Veterinary, the European Union body that oversees the coordination of veterinary medicinal product authorisation procedures across member states.
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C.
Cmnd
Cmnd is the standard abbreviation used for a series of official UK government Command Papers presented to Parliament.
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D.
Home Command
Home Command was a major British Army formation responsible for the administration, training, and home defence of forces within the United Kingdom.
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E.
CMDh
CMDh is a European Medicines Agency coordination group that oversees and harmonizes the mutual recognition and decentralised procedures for authorising human medicines across EU member states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (88)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows component
ⓘ
command-line interpreter ⓘ shell ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | cmd.exe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canRun | PowerShell scripts via powershell.exe ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Windows PowerShell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windows Terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| configuration | properties dialog for font and colors ⓘ |
| defaultLocation | C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| fileName | cmd.exe ⓘ |
| fullName | Command Prompt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommand |
ASSOC
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ATTRIB ⓘ BREAK ⓘ CALL ⓘ CD ⓘ CHDIR ⓘ CHOICE ⓘ CLS ⓘ CMD ⓘ COLOR ⓘ COPY ⓘ DATE ⓘ DEL ⓘ DIR ⓘ ECHO ⓘ ENDLOCAL ⓘ EXIT ⓘ FOR ⓘ FTYPE ⓘ GOTO ⓘ IF ⓘ IPCONFIG ⓘ MKDIR ⓘ MOVE ⓘ NET ⓘ PATH ⓘ PAUSE ⓘ PING ⓘ POPD ⓘ PROMPT ⓘ PUSHD ⓘ RMDIR ⓘ ROBOCOPY NERFINISHED ⓘ SET ⓘ SETLOCAL ⓘ SHIFT ⓘ START ⓘ TASKKILL ⓘ TASKLIST ⓘ TIME ⓘ TITLE ⓘ TRACERT ⓘ TYPE ⓘ VER ⓘ VOL ⓘ XCOPY ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Windows NT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| invokedBy |
Win+R then typing cmd
ⓘ
running cmd.exe from another process ⓘ searching "cmd" in Start menu ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
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surface form:
Microsoft Windows
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| platform |
ARM (on supported Windows versions)
ⓘ
x64 ⓘ x86 ⓘ |
| predecessor | COMMAND.COM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
automation tasks
ⓘ
execute commands ⓘ run batch scripts ⓘ system administration ⓘ |
| replaces | COMMAND.COM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
.bat files
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.cmd files ⓘ I/O redirection ⓘ Unicode in newer Windows versions ⓘ batch scripting language ⓘ code page configuration ⓘ code page switching via CHCP ⓘ command extensions (cmd /E:ON) ⓘ command history ⓘ delayed variable expansion (cmd /V:ON) ⓘ environment variables ⓘ errorlevel return codes ⓘ piping ⓘ running console applications ⓘ |
| userInterface | text-based ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: CMD Description of subject: CMD is the command-line interpreter for Microsoft Windows that allows users to execute text-based commands for system administration and automation tasks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.