Dial-Up Networking Server
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Dial-Up Networking Server is a Windows 95 feature that allows a computer to act as a remote access server, letting other machines connect over dial-up modem links to share network resources.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dial-Up Networking | 1 |
| Dial-Up Networking Server canonical | 1 |
| Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking | 1 |
| Windows NT Remote Access Service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1612147 — 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: Dial-Up Networking Server Context triple: [Windows 95 Plus! Pack, includesComponent, Dial-Up Networking Server]
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A.
V.92
V.92 is an ITU-T modem standard that defines enhanced dial-up Internet connection features such as faster upload speeds, quicker call setup, and modem-on-hold capabilities.
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B.
V.90
V.90 is an ITU-T modem standard that enabled dial-up internet connections at speeds up to 56 kbit/s over traditional telephone lines.
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C.
X.25
X.25 is an early ITU-T packet-switched network protocol standard widely used for WAN communication before the rise of modern IP-based networks.
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D.
Netscape Enterprise Server
Netscape Enterprise Server is a web server software product developed by Netscape Communications Corporation for hosting and managing websites and internet applications.
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E.
SMB
SMB (Server Message Block) is a network file sharing protocol widely used in Windows environments to enable shared access to files, printers, and other network resources.
- 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: Dial-Up Networking Server Target entity description: Dial-Up Networking Server is a Windows 95 feature that allows a computer to act as a remote access server, letting other machines connect over dial-up modem links to share network resources.
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A.
V.92
V.92 is an ITU-T modem standard that defines enhanced dial-up Internet connection features such as faster upload speeds, quicker call setup, and modem-on-hold capabilities.
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B.
V.90
V.90 is an ITU-T modem standard that enabled dial-up internet connections at speeds up to 56 kbit/s over traditional telephone lines.
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C.
X.25
X.25 is an early ITU-T packet-switched network protocol standard widely used for WAN communication before the rise of modern IP-based networks.
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D.
Netscape Enterprise Server
Netscape Enterprise Server is a web server software product developed by Netscape Communications Corporation for hosting and managing websites and internet applications.
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E.
SMB
SMB (Server Message Block) is a network file sharing protocol widely used in Windows environments to enable shared access to files, printers, and other network resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows 95 feature
ⓘ
remote access server component ⓘ |
| authentication |
Windows user accounts
ⓘ
password-based login ⓘ |
| category |
Windows networking component
ⓘ
remote access software ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking
ⓘ
linked to:
Dial-Up Networking Server
|
| configurationInterface |
Dial-Up Networking properties in Windows 95 Control Panel
ⓘ
Network properties in Windows 95 Control Panel ⓘ |
| connectionEstablishment | incoming call answer and authentication ⓘ |
| connectionMedium | public switched telephone network ⓘ |
| connectionType | point-to-point ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| function |
accepts incoming dial-up modem connections
ⓘ
allows a Windows 95 computer to act as a remote access server ⓘ provides remote access to network resources ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early consumer and small-office remote access solution ⓘ |
| licensing | proprietary software ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | limited by analog modem speeds of the 1990s ⓘ |
| networkModel | client–server ⓘ |
| networkProtocolSupport |
IPX/SPX
ⓘ
NetBEUI ⓘ TCP/IP ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Windows 95 ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| platform | IA-32 ⓘ |
| provides |
access to other LAN resources over dial-up
ⓘ
file sharing access over dial-up ⓘ printer sharing access over dial-up ⓘ |
| releaseEra | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| requires |
Windows 95 networking components
ⓘ
modem ⓘ telephone line ⓘ user account permissions for remote access ⓘ |
| securityLimitations | limited encryption compared to later VPN technologies ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
VPN server solutions in later Windows versions
ⓘ
Windows NT Remote Access Service ⓘ
linked to:
Dial-Up Networking Server
|
| supports |
PPP
ⓘ
SLIP ⓘ dial-up modem links ⓘ |
| typicalUsers |
home power users
ⓘ
small businesses ⓘ |
| useCase |
home users sharing an internet connection via dial-up
ⓘ
remote administration of a Windows 95 machine ⓘ remote users connecting to an office LAN over dial-up ⓘ |
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: Dial-Up Networking Server Description of subject: Dial-Up Networking Server is a Windows 95 feature that allows a computer to act as a remote access server, letting other machines connect over dial-up modem links to share network resources.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dial-Up Networking Server
linked to: Dial-Up Networking Server
linked to: Dial-Up Networking Server