Microsoft Cardfile for Windows 3.x versions
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Microsoft Cardfile for Windows 3.x versions was a simple built-in personal information manager that let users store and organize small text “cards” of data in early Windows environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Cardfile for Windows 3.x versions canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9945749 — 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: Microsoft Cardfile for Windows 3.x versions Context triple: [Cardfile, replacedBy, Microsoft Cardfile for Windows 3.x versions]
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A.
Norton Commander
Norton Commander is a classic dual-pane file manager for DOS and Windows that became widely popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s for its efficient keyboard-driven interface and powerful file management features.
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B.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
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C.
Microsoft Multiplan
Microsoft Multiplan was an early spreadsheet program from Microsoft, released in the early 1980s as a competitor to VisiCalc and a precursor to Excel.
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D.
Norton Utilities for the IBM PC
Norton Utilities for the IBM PC is a pioneering suite of DOS-based system tools that became widely used for disk repair, data recovery, and performance optimization on early IBM-compatible personal computers.
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E.
DR-DOS
DR-DOS is a DOS-compatible operating system developed by Digital Research as an alternative to MS-DOS, known for its advanced memory management and multitasking features for IBM PC-compatible computers.
- 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: Microsoft Cardfile for Windows 3.x versions Target entity description: Microsoft Cardfile for Windows 3.x versions was a simple built-in personal information manager that let users store and organize small text “cards” of data in early Windows environments.
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A.
Norton Commander
Norton Commander is a classic dual-pane file manager for DOS and Windows that became widely popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s for its efficient keyboard-driven interface and powerful file management features.
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B.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
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C.
Microsoft Multiplan
Microsoft Multiplan was an early spreadsheet program from Microsoft, released in the early 1980s as a competitor to VisiCalc and a precursor to Excel.
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D.
Norton Utilities for the IBM PC
Norton Utilities for the IBM PC is a pioneering suite of DOS-based system tools that became widely used for disk repair, data recovery, and performance optimization on early IBM-compatible personal computers.
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E.
DR-DOS
DR-DOS is a DOS-compatible operating system developed by Digital Research as an alternative to MS-DOS, known for its advanced memory management and multitasking features for IBM PC-compatible computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows accessory
ⓘ
personal information manager software ⓘ |
| architecture | 16-bit Windows application ⓘ |
| bundledStatus | default installation component ⓘ |
| complexity | simple ⓘ |
| dataCapacity | limited by memory and disk space ⓘ |
| dataModel | card-based text records ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with Microsoft Windows ⓘ |
| feature |
create text cards
ⓘ
delete text cards ⓘ edit text cards ⓘ print cards ⓘ save card files to disk ⓘ search cards ⓘ sort cards ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .crd ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early Windows personal information manager ⓘ |
| includedWith |
Windows 3.0 accessories
ⓘ
Windows 3.1 accessories ⓘ Windows for Workgroups 3.11 accessories ⓘ |
| inputMethod |
keyboard
ⓘ
mouse ⓘ |
| interfaceMetaphor | index card file ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows 3.0
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Microsoft Windows 3.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Microsoft Windows 3.11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| persistence | local file-based storage ⓘ |
| platform | Intel x86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDataType | plain text ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
card-based database
ⓘ
personal information manager ⓘ |
| storageFormat | proprietary Cardfile format ⓘ |
| successor | more advanced PIM tools on later Windows versions ⓘ |
| supportsImages | no ⓘ |
| supportsMultipleCardFiles | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsNetworking | no built-in networking ⓘ |
| supportsRelationalQueries | no GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsRichText | no GENERATED ⓘ |
| targetUser |
home users
ⓘ
small office users ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
address book
ⓘ
contact list ⓘ simple notes ⓘ small databases ⓘ |
| 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: Microsoft Cardfile for Windows 3.x versions Description of subject: Microsoft Cardfile for Windows 3.x versions was a simple built-in personal information manager that let users store and organize small text “cards” of data in early Windows environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.