Windows/386
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Windows/386 was a special edition of Microsoft Windows 2.x designed to take advantage of Intel 80386 processors, offering enhanced multitasking and memory management capabilities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows/386 canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | operating system ⓘ |
| basedOn | Windows 2.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canRun | multiple DOS sessions ⓘ |
| codename | Windows/386 enhanced mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedForProcessor | Intel 80386 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel | commercial software ⓘ |
| feature |
EMS emulation
ⓘ
ability to run multiple DOS applications simultaneously ⓘ enhanced mode ⓘ improved memory addressing beyond 640 KB ⓘ memory management enhancements ⓘ task switching ⓘ virtual 8086 mode support ⓘ |
| genre | desktop environment ⓘ |
| includedComponent |
Calculator
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Control Panel ⓘ MS-DOS Executive NERFINISHED ⓘ Notepad NERFINISHED ⓘ Paint NERFINISHED ⓘ Write ⓘ |
| kernelType | cooperative multitasking ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first Windows version to exploit Intel 80386 features
ⓘ
introduction of enhanced mode that influenced Windows 3.x design ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Microsoft Windows 2.x family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
IBM PC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| predecessor | Windows 2.0 standard mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1987-12-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| requiresOperatingSystem | MS-DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsOn | MS-DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Windows 3.0 enhanced mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Windows 3.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture | x86 ⓘ |
| supportsDisplay |
CGA
ⓘ
EGA NERFINISHED ⓘ VGA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsInput |
keyboard
ⓘ
mouse ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
enhanced mode
ⓘ
real mode ⓘ |
| supportsMultitasking | enhanced multitasking ⓘ |
| targetHardware | IBM PC compatible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
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: Windows/386 Description of subject: Windows/386 was a special edition of Microsoft Windows 2.x designed to take advantage of Intel 80386 processors, offering enhanced multitasking and memory management capabilities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.