Memory Stick PRO Duo
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Memory Stick PRO Duo is a smaller, higher-capacity variant of Sony’s Memory Stick flash memory format, widely used in devices like digital cameras, camcorders, and PlayStation Portable consoles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Memory Stick Duo | 4 |
| Memory Stick PRO Duo canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9000364 — 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: Memory Stick PRO Duo Context triple: [Memory Stick, replacedBy, Memory Stick PRO Duo]
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A.
Memory Stick Micro (M2)
Memory Stick Micro (M2) is a compact, high-density flash memory card format developed by Sony for use in mobile phones and other portable electronic devices.
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B.
Memory Stick (on older models)
Memory Stick (on older models) is Sony’s proprietary flash memory card format that was commonly used in earlier digital cameras and other portable electronics for data storage.
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C.
CompactFlash
CompactFlash is a type of solid-state memory card widely used in early digital cameras and professional photography equipment for removable data storage.
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D.
SD memory cards
SD memory cards are compact, removable flash storage devices widely used in cameras, smartphones, and other portable electronics for data storage and transfer.
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E.
SmartMedia
SmartMedia was a type of flash memory card popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, used primarily in digital cameras and portable devices before being supplanted by newer formats.
- 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: Memory Stick PRO Duo Target entity description: Memory Stick PRO Duo is a smaller, higher-capacity variant of Sony’s Memory Stick flash memory format, widely used in devices like digital cameras, camcorders, and PlayStation Portable consoles.
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A.
Memory Stick Micro (M2)
Memory Stick Micro (M2) is a compact, high-density flash memory card format developed by Sony for use in mobile phones and other portable electronic devices.
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B.
Memory Stick (on older models)
Memory Stick (on older models) is Sony’s proprietary flash memory card format that was commonly used in earlier digital cameras and other portable electronics for data storage.
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C.
CompactFlash
CompactFlash is a type of solid-state memory card widely used in early digital cameras and professional photography equipment for removable data storage.
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D.
SD memory cards
SD memory cards are compact, removable flash storage devices widely used in cameras, smartphones, and other portable electronics for data storage and transfer.
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E.
SmartMedia
SmartMedia was a type of flash memory card popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, used primarily in digital cameras and portable devices before being supplanted by newer formats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flash memory card format
ⓘ
removable storage medium ⓘ |
| brand | Memory Stick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capacityRange | from hundreds of megabytes to multiple gigabytes ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Memory Stick PRO compatible slots via adapter
ⓘ
PlayStation Portable 1000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation Portable 2000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation Portable 3000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ Sony Cyber-shot digital cameras NERFINISHED ⓘ Sony Handycam camcorders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataBusWidth | parallel interface ⓘ |
| developer |
SanDisk
NERFINISHED
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Sony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
MagicGate copyright protection support (on some cards)
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high-speed data transfer variants available ⓘ higher capacity than original Memory Stick Duo ⓘ non-volatile storage ⓘ smaller physical size than standard Memory Stick PRO ⓘ |
| formFactor | Duo ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
PlayStation Portable
NERFINISHED
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camcorders ⓘ digital cameras ⓘ handheld gaming consoles ⓘ portable consumer electronics ⓘ |
| introducedAs | smaller alternative to Memory Stick PRO ⓘ |
| marketedBy |
SanDisk
NERFINISHED
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Sony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Memory Stick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| physicalCharacteristic |
approximately 1.6 mm thick
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approximately 20 mm long ⓘ approximately 31 mm wide ⓘ |
| proprietaryStandardOf | Sony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | largely superseded by SD and microSD cards ⓘ |
| storageMediumType | solid-state memory ⓘ |
| subtypeOf |
Memory Stick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Memory Stick PRO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorTo | Memory Stick Duo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports | MagicGate DRM (on compatible models) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetMarket | Sony consumer electronics ecosystem ⓘ |
| technology | flash memory ⓘ |
| usedFor |
storing game data
ⓘ
storing music and other files ⓘ storing photos ⓘ storing videos ⓘ |
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: Memory Stick PRO Duo Description of subject: Memory Stick PRO Duo is a smaller, higher-capacity variant of Sony’s Memory Stick flash memory format, widely used in devices like digital cameras, camcorders, and PlayStation Portable consoles.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Memory Stick
subject surface form:
Memory Stick
this entity surface form:
Memory Stick Duo
subject surface form:
Memory Stick
this entity surface form:
Memory Stick Duo
this entity surface form:
Memory Stick Duo
this entity surface form:
Memory Stick Duo