UAC
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UAC is a Windows security feature that helps prevent unauthorized changes to the operating system by prompting for permission or administrator approval.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UAC canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1719272 — 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: UAC Context triple: [User Account Control, abbreviation, UAC]
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A.
UAC
UAC is the commonly used acronym for the United Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division I FCS college football conference in the United States.
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B.
UUP
UUP is a major unionist political party in Northern Ireland that advocates maintaining the region’s union with the United Kingdom.
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C.
U3
U3 is one of the main lines of the Nuremberg U-Bahn rapid transit system in Nuremberg, Germany.
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D.
UA
UA is the two-letter IATA airline designator used worldwide to identify United Airlines on tickets, schedules, and flight information.
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E.
UA
UA is a major public research university located in Tucson, Arizona, known for its strong programs in astronomy, space sciences, and environmental studies.
- 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: UAC Target entity description: UAC is a Windows security feature that helps prevent unauthorized changes to the operating system by prompting for permission or administrator approval.
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A.
UAC
UAC is the commonly used acronym for the United Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division I FCS college football conference in the United States.
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B.
UUP
UUP is a major unionist political party in Northern Ireland that advocates maintaining the region’s union with the United Kingdom.
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C.
U3
U3 is one of the main lines of the Nuremberg U-Bahn rapid transit system in Nuremberg, Germany.
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D.
UA
UA is the two-letter IATA airline designator used worldwide to identify United Airlines on tickets, schedules, and flight information.
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E.
UA
UA is a major public research university located in Tucson, Arizona, known for its strong programs in astronomy, space sciences, and environmental studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows security feature
ⓘ
access control mechanism ⓘ |
| affects |
application installation
ⓘ
modification of protected system files ⓘ modification of registry keys in protected hives ⓘ system-wide configuration changes ⓘ |
| alsoAvailableIn |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ |
| canBeConfiguredVia |
Control Panel
ⓘ
Group Policy ⓘ Local Security Policy ⓘ
linked to:
Local Group Policy Editor
|
| canBeDisabled | true ⓘ |
| category |
Windows security
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Security app
operating system security feature ⓘ |
| controls | elevation of privileges ⓘ |
| defaultUserType | standard user ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| disablingRisks |
increased exposure to malware
ⓘ
unrestricted elevation of processes ⓘ |
| fullName | User Account Control ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Always notify
ⓘ
Never notify ⓘ Notify me only when apps try to make changes (do not dim my desktop) ⓘ Notify me only when apps try to make changes to my computer ⓘ |
| introducedConcept | split token for administrators ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Windows Vista ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| promptsWhen |
a task requires elevation
ⓘ
an application requests administrative privileges ⓘ |
| promptType |
consent prompt
ⓘ
credential prompt ⓘ |
| purpose |
enforce least privilege for standard users
ⓘ
limit the impact of malware ⓘ prevent unauthorized changes to the operating system ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
administrator account
ⓘ
least privilege ⓘ secure desktop ⓘ standard user account ⓘ |
| requires |
administrator approval for certain tasks
ⓘ
user consent for elevated operations ⓘ |
| scope | per-application elevation ⓘ |
| securityModel | consent and credential prompts ⓘ |
| supports | secure desktop prompts ⓘ |
| uses | integrity levels ⓘ |
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: UAC Description of subject: UAC is a Windows security feature that helps prevent unauthorized changes to the operating system by prompting for permission or administrator approval.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.