International Computers Limited
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International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Computers Limited canonical | 21 |
| Leo Computers | 2 |
| ICT Ltd | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1035649 — 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: International Computers Limited Context triple: [Conway Berners-Lee, employer, International Computers Limited]
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A.
Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
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B.
Ferranti
Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
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C.
Compaq
Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
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D.
Micros Systems
Micros Systems was a leading provider of point-of-sale and hospitality management software and hardware solutions for restaurants, hotels, and retail businesses.
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E.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American computer company best known for its influential minicomputers and major role in the development of modern computing.
- 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: International Computers Limited Target entity description: International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
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A.
Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
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B.
Ferranti
Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
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C.
Compaq
Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
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D.
Micros Systems
Micros Systems was a leading provider of point-of-sale and hospitality management software and hardware solutions for restaurants, hotels, and retail businesses.
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E.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American computer company best known for its influential minicomputers and major role in the development of modern computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British company
ⓘ
computer manufacturer ⓘ information technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Fujitsu
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linked to:
Fujitsu Limited
|
| areaServed |
Commonwealth countries
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Europe ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 1990 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Elliott Automation
ⓘ
English Electric Leo Marconi ⓘ International Computers and Tabulators ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor |
Elliott Automation
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English Electric Leo Marconi ⓘ International Computers and Tabulators ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Bracknell
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England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| inception | 1968 ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
information technology ⓘ mainframe computers ⓘ minicomputers ⓘ |
| notableClient |
UK central government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
UK local authorities ⓘ financial institutions ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contribution to British mainframe industry
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development of the ICL 2900 architecture ⓘ support of UK public sector computing ⓘ |
| owner |
British government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| product |
ICL 1900 series
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ICL 2900 series ⓘ ICL 2903 minicomputer ⓘ ICL DRS range ⓘ ICL Series 39 ⓘ IT services ⓘ mainframe computer systems ⓘ minicomputer systems ⓘ servers ⓘ software systems ⓘ |
| roleIn |
development of the UK computing industry
ⓘ
standardisation of British mainframe architectures ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
acquisition by Fujitsu
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merger of International Computers and Tabulators, English Electric Leo Marconi and Elliott Automation ⓘ partial nationalisation by UK government in the 1970s ⓘ |
| successor |
Fujitsu ICL
ⓘ
Fujitsu Services ⓘ
linked to:
Fujitsu Limited
|
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: International Computers Limited Description of subject: International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: International Computers Limited
subject linked to:
ICL 2903 minicomputer
subject linked to:
ICL 2903 minicomputer
linked to: International Computers Limited
linked to: International Computers Limited