Digital Visual Interface
E917071
Digital Visual Interface is a video display interface standard used to transmit uncompressed digital video from a source device to a display, commonly found on older computer monitors and graphics cards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Digital Visual Interface canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11305798 — 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: Digital Visual Interface Context triple: [DVI, fullName, Digital Visual Interface]
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A.
Visual Component Library
Visual Component Library is Delphi’s native GUI framework that provides a rich set of reusable visual and non-visual components for building Windows applications.
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B.
Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex
The Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex is a major Concordia University building in Montreal that houses state-of-the-art facilities for engineering, computer science, and visual arts education and research.
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C.
Visual Concepts
Visual Concepts is a video game development studio best known for creating the long-running NBA 2K basketball simulation series.
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D.
Digital Media Lab
The Digital Media Lab is a specialized facility at UMass Amherst Libraries that provides tools, technology, and support for creating and working with digital and multimedia projects.
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E.
ImageWorks: The What-If Labs
ImageWorks: The What-If Labs is an interactive, hands-on exhibit at Epcot where guests can explore creativity and sensory illusions through playful, imaginative experiments.
- 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: Digital Visual Interface Target entity description: Digital Visual Interface is a video display interface standard used to transmit uncompressed digital video from a source device to a display, commonly found on older computer monitors and graphics cards.
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A.
Visual Component Library
Visual Component Library is Delphi’s native GUI framework that provides a rich set of reusable visual and non-visual components for building Windows applications.
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B.
Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex
The Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex is a major Concordia University building in Montreal that houses state-of-the-art facilities for engineering, computer science, and visual arts education and research.
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C.
Visual Concepts
Visual Concepts is a video game development studio best known for creating the long-running NBA 2K basketball simulation series.
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D.
Digital Media Lab
The Digital Media Lab is a specialized facility at UMass Amherst Libraries that provides tools, technology, and support for creating and working with digital and multimedia projects.
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E.
ImageWorks: The What-If Labs
ImageWorks: The What-If Labs is an interactive, hands-on exhibit at Epcot where guests can explore creativity and sensory illusions through playful, imaginative experiments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital display interface
ⓘ
video interface standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DVI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | DVI standard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith | VGA (via passive adapter on DVI-I and DVI-A) ⓘ |
| category |
computer hardware interface
ⓘ
display technology ⓘ |
| colorDepthSupport | up to 24 bits per pixel in standard mode ⓘ |
| connectorType |
DVI-A
ⓘ
DVI-D NERFINISHED ⓘ DVI-I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataEncoding | TMDS ⓘ |
| designedFor |
digital CRT displays
ⓘ
flat-panel displays ⓘ projectors ⓘ |
| developedBy | Digital Display Working Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doesNotCarry |
Ethernet data
ⓘ
audio signal in standard form ⓘ |
| hasConnectorShape | rectangular with flat blade and pin grid GENERATED ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| maximumResolutionDualLink | 2560×1600 at 60 Hz ⓘ |
| maximumResolutionSingleLink | 1920×1200 at 60 Hz ⓘ |
| partiallySupersededBy |
DisplayPort
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HDMI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| physicalInterface | 24-bit digital video interface ⓘ |
| pinCountVariant |
18+1 pins (single-link DVI-D)
ⓘ
24+1 pins (dual-link DVI-D) ⓘ 29 pins (dual-link DVI-I) ⓘ |
| primaryUse | connecting computers to displays ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
DisplayPort
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HDMI NERFINISHED ⓘ VGA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | VGA in many computer systems ⓘ |
| signalType |
analog (for DVI-A and DVI-I)
ⓘ
digital ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | DDWG specification ⓘ |
| supports | analog video (in some variants) ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
DDC (Display Data Channel)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HDCP (in some implementations) NERFINISHED ⓘ hot plug detection ⓘ |
| supportsScanType |
interlaced scan (depending on mode)
GENERATED
ⓘ
progressive scan GENERATED ⓘ |
| transmits | uncompressed digital video ⓘ |
| typicalUseEra | early 2000s to mid-2010s PCs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
KVM switches
ⓘ
computer monitors ⓘ graphics cards ⓘ projectors ⓘ |
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: Digital Visual Interface Description of subject: Digital Visual Interface is a video display interface standard used to transmit uncompressed digital video from a source device to a display, commonly found on older computer monitors and graphics cards.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.