Z3 computer
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The Z3 computer was an early electromechanical, programmable digital computer built by Konrad Zuse in 1941 and is often regarded as the world’s first working programmable computer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Z3 computer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12341859 — 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: Z3 computer Context triple: [Konrad Zuse, knownFor, Z3 computer]
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Z2 computer
The Z2 computer was an early electromechanical computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse in 1939, notable for combining mechanical memory with relay-based logic and advancing the development of programmable computing.
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Z1 computer
The Z1 computer was an early mechanical binary programmable computer designed by German engineer Konrad Zuse in the late 1930s, regarded as a pioneering step toward modern computing.
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ORDVAC
ORDVAC was an early stored-program electronic computer built for the U.S. Army that helped pioneer modern computer architecture and numerical computation.
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D.
ENIAC
ENIAC was one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers, built in the 1940s and used primarily for complex military and scientific calculations.
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Colossus computers
Colossus computers were pioneering British electronic computing machines built during World War II to help decrypt high-level German communications at Bletchley Park.
- 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: Z3 computer Target entity description: The Z3 computer was an early electromechanical, programmable digital computer built by Konrad Zuse in 1941 and is often regarded as the world’s first working programmable computer.
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A.
Z2 computer
The Z2 computer was an early electromechanical computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse in 1939, notable for combining mechanical memory with relay-based logic and advancing the development of programmable computing.
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B.
Z1 computer
The Z1 computer was an early mechanical binary programmable computer designed by German engineer Konrad Zuse in the late 1930s, regarded as a pioneering step toward modern computing.
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C.
ORDVAC
ORDVAC was an early stored-program electronic computer built for the U.S. Army that helped pioneer modern computer architecture and numerical computation.
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D.
ENIAC
ENIAC was one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers, built in the 1940s and used primarily for complex military and scientific calculations.
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E.
Colossus computers
Colossus computers were pioneering British electronic computing machines built during World War II to help decrypt high-level German communications at Bletchley Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.