Kernel32
E193833
Kernel32 is a core Windows system library that provides fundamental kernel-level functions for process, memory, and thread management in the Win32 API.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kernel32.dll | 16 |
| Kernel32 canonical | 3 |
| Kernel32.lib | 2 |
| CreateProcess | 1 |
| GetCurrentProcess | 1 |
| Kernel32 library | 1 |
| kernel32.dll | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1719459 — 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: Kernel32 Context triple: [Win32 API, component, Kernel32]
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A.
Win32 API
Win32 API is Microsoft's core programming interface for developing native desktop applications that interact directly with the Windows operating system.
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B.
Windows 9x
Windows 9x is a family of consumer-oriented Microsoft operating systems based on the Windows 95 codebase, designed for home and small office PCs in the mid-to-late 1990s.
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C.
Windows 32-bit
Windows 32-bit is a family of Microsoft operating systems that run on 32-bit processors and support 32-bit applications and memory addressing.
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D.
DirectX
DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) developed by Microsoft that enables high-performance handling of graphics, sound, and other multimedia tasks, especially for games, on Windows platforms.
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E.
Keil
Keil is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Portuguese composer Alfredo Keil.
- 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: Kernel32 Target entity description: Kernel32 is a core Windows system library that provides fundamental kernel-level functions for process, memory, and thread management in the Win32 API.
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A.
Win32 API
Win32 API is Microsoft's core programming interface for developing native desktop applications that interact directly with the Windows operating system.
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B.
Windows 9x
Windows 9x is a family of consumer-oriented Microsoft operating systems based on the Windows 95 codebase, designed for home and small office PCs in the mid-to-late 1990s.
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C.
Windows 32-bit
Windows 32-bit is a family of Microsoft operating systems that run on 32-bit processors and support 32-bit applications and memory addressing.
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D.
DirectX
DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) developed by Microsoft that enables high-performance handling of graphics, sound, and other multimedia tasks, especially for games, on Windows platforms.
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E.
Keil
Keil is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Portuguese composer Alfredo Keil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Win32 API component
ⓘ
Windows system library ⓘ dynamic-link library ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
kernel32.dll
ⓘ
linked to:
Kernel32
|
| exportsFunction |
CloseHandle
ⓘ
CreateEvent ⓘ CreateFile ⓘ CreateMutex ⓘ CreateProcess ⓘ
linked to:
Kernel32
CreateSemaphore ⓘ CreateThread ⓘ ExitProcess ⓘ ExitThread ⓘ FreeLibrary ⓘ GetCommandLine ⓘ GetCurrentProcess ⓘ
linked to:
Kernel32
GetCurrentThread ⓘ GetEnvironmentVariable ⓘ GetLastError ⓘ GetModuleHandle ⓘ GetProcAddress ⓘ GetSystemTime ⓘ GetTickCount ⓘ HeapAlloc ⓘ HeapFree ⓘ LoadLibrary ⓘ ReadFile ⓘ SetEnvironmentVariable ⓘ SetLastError ⓘ Sleep ⓘ VirtualAlloc ⓘ VirtualFree ⓘ WaitForMultipleObjects ⓘ WaitForSingleObject ⓘ WriteFile ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .dll ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
Windows NT family
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows NT
|
| language | C API ⓘ |
| loadedBy |
Windows loader
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Boot Manager
|
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| partOf |
Win32 API
ⓘ
Windows user-mode subsystem ⓘ |
| provides |
console I/O functions
ⓘ
core kernel-level functions ⓘ environment variable functions ⓘ error handling functions ⓘ file I/O functions ⓘ heap management APIs ⓘ interprocess communication support ⓘ memory management functions ⓘ process creation APIs ⓘ process management functions ⓘ synchronization object APIs ⓘ synchronization primitives ⓘ thread creation APIs ⓘ thread management functions ⓘ virtual memory APIs ⓘ |
| replaced | KERNEL in 16-bit Windows ⓘ |
| runsIn | user mode ⓘ |
| typicalPath | %SystemRoot%\System32\kernel32.dll ⓘ |
| usedBy |
system services
ⓘ
user-mode applications ⓘ |
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: Kernel32 Description of subject: Kernel32 is a core Windows system library that provides fundamental kernel-level functions for process, memory, and thread management in the Win32 API.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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