Ruby Global VM Lock
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The Ruby Global VM Lock is a mechanism in the Ruby interpreter that ensures only one thread executes Ruby code at a time, effectively serializing thread execution within a single process.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ruby Global VM Lock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17674486 — 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: Ruby Global VM Lock Context triple: [YARV virtual machine, relatedTo, Ruby Global VM Lock]
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A.
YARV virtual machine
The YARV virtual machine is the bytecode-based execution engine that powers modern Ruby (MRI), improving its performance and concurrency handling.
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B.
Matz's Ruby Interpreter
Matz's Ruby Interpreter is the original and most widely used reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.
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C.
SpinLock
SpinLock is a lightweight synchronization primitive in .NET used to protect shared data by repeatedly checking for lock availability instead of blocking threads.
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D.
MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter)
MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter) is the original and reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto and widely used for running Ruby applications.
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E.
TruffleRuby
TruffleRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language built on the GraalVM platform, aiming to provide faster execution and improved tooling compatibility.
- 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: Ruby Global VM Lock Target entity description: The Ruby Global VM Lock is a mechanism in the Ruby interpreter that ensures only one thread executes Ruby code at a time, effectively serializing thread execution within a single process.
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A.
YARV virtual machine
The YARV virtual machine is the bytecode-based execution engine that powers modern Ruby (MRI), improving its performance and concurrency handling.
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B.
Matz's Ruby Interpreter
Matz's Ruby Interpreter is the original and most widely used reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.
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C.
SpinLock
SpinLock is a lightweight synchronization primitive in .NET used to protect shared data by repeatedly checking for lock availability instead of blocking threads.
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D.
MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter)
MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter) is the original and reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto and widely used for running Ruby applications.
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E.
TruffleRuby
TruffleRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language built on the GraalVM platform, aiming to provide faster execution and improved tooling compatibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.