APT
E192870
APT is a widely used command-line package management tool for installing, updating, and removing software on Debian-based Linux systems.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717605 — 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: APT Context triple: [Debian, hasPackageManager, APT]
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A.
ATE
ATE is a U.S. National Science Foundation program that supports the education and training of technicians for advanced technology fields through partnerships between two-year colleges, industry, and other educational institutions.
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B.
ATA
ATA is the acronym for the Allen Telescope Array, a large-scale radio telescope array in California designed for astronomical observations and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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C.
ATA
ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment), commonly known as IDE, is a standard interface used to connect storage devices like hard drives and optical drives to a computer's motherboard.
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D.
ARP
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a network protocol used to map IP addresses to their corresponding MAC (hardware) addresses within a local network.
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ATS
ATS is the abbreviation for the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War.
- 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: APT Target entity description: APT is a widely used command-line package management tool for installing, updating, and removing software on Debian-based Linux systems.
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A.
ATE
ATE is a U.S. National Science Foundation program that supports the education and training of technicians for advanced technology fields through partnerships between two-year colleges, industry, and other educational institutions.
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B.
ATA
ATA is the acronym for the Allen Telescope Array, a large-scale radio telescope array in California designed for astronomical observations and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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C.
ATA
ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment), commonly known as IDE, is a standard interface used to connect storage devices like hard drives and optical drives to a computer's motherboard.
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D.
ARP
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a network protocol used to map IP addresses to their corresponding MAC (hardware) addresses within a local network.
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E.
ATS
ATS is the abbreviation for the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command-line utility
ⓘ
free software ⓘ package management tool ⓘ |
| category | Linux package management ⓘ |
| command |
apt
ⓘ
apt-cache ⓘ apt-get ⓘ apt-key ⓘ apt-mark ⓘ |
| defaultFrontEndOn | many Debian-based distributions ⓘ |
| developer |
Debian project
ⓘ
linked to:
Debian
|
| fullName |
Advanced Package Tool
ⓘ
linked to:
Apt
|
| introduced |
Debian 2.1 Slink
ⓘ
linked to:
Debian
|
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Debian
ⓘ
Linux Mint ⓘ Ubuntu ⓘ elementary OS ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | Debian-based Linux ⓘ |
| platform | Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| primaryInterface | command line ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| relatedTool |
Aptitude
ⓘ
Synaptic Package Manager ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
amd64
ⓘ
arm64 ⓘ armhf ⓘ i386 ⓘ |
| supportsAutomaticDependencyInstallation | yes ⓘ |
| supportsDependencyResolution | yes ⓘ |
| supportsHTTPSRepositories | yes ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
dist-upgrade
ⓘ
full-upgrade ⓘ install packages ⓘ remove packages ⓘ search packages ⓘ show package information ⓘ update package lists ⓘ upgrade packages ⓘ |
| supportsPackageFormat | .deb ⓘ |
| supportsPinning | yes ⓘ |
| supportsProxyConfiguration | yes ⓘ |
| supportsRepositoryAuthentication | yes ⓘ |
| supportsRepositoryType | APT repository ⓘ |
| usesBackend | dpkg ⓘ |
| usesCacheDirectory | /var/cache/apt/ ⓘ |
| usesConfigurationDirectory | /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ⓘ |
| usesConfigurationFile | /etc/apt/sources.list ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: APT Description of subject: APT is a widely used command-line package management tool for installing, updating, and removing software on Debian-based Linux systems.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Raspbian / Raspberry Pi OS
subject linked to:
Ubuntu MATE (flavor)
linked to: APT
subject linked to:
Debian backports (under some conditions)
subject linked to:
gNewSense (historical)
subject linked to:
Muon Package Manager (historically)
subject linked to:
Ubuntu 5.04 "Hoary Hedgehog" (historically)
subject linked to:
Developer Edition