HFS
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HFS (Hierarchical File System) is a classic file system developed by Apple for early Macintosh computers, organizing data in a tree-structured hierarchy with support for resource forks and metadata.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HFS canonical | 6 |
| HFS file system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1773915 — 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: HFS Context triple: [MFS, replacedBy, HFS]
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A.
HES
HES is the commonly used abbreviation for Historic Environment Scotland, the public body responsible for protecting and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
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B.
HVF
HVF is a data-focused startup and innovation lab created by entrepreneur Max Levchin to explore and build companies around large-scale data problems.
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C.
HF
HF is the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo, encompassing disciplines such as languages, history, culture, and philosophy.
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D.
FFS
FFS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Swiss Federal Railways, the national railway company of Switzerland.
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E.
HSS
HSS (Home Subscriber Server) is a core network database in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architectures that manages user identities, subscription profiles, and authentication for telecom services.
- 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: HFS Target entity description: HFS (Hierarchical File System) is a classic file system developed by Apple for early Macintosh computers, organizing data in a tree-structured hierarchy with support for resource forks and metadata.
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A.
HES
HES is the commonly used abbreviation for Historic Environment Scotland, the public body responsible for protecting and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
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B.
HVF
HVF is a data-focused startup and innovation lab created by entrepreneur Max Levchin to explore and build companies around large-scale data problems.
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C.
HF
HF is the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo, encompassing disciplines such as languages, history, culture, and philosophy.
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D.
FFS
FFS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Swiss Federal Railways, the national railway company of Switzerland.
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E.
HSS
HSS (Home Subscriber Server) is a core network database in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architectures that manages user identities, subscription profiles, and authentication for telecom services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer file system
ⓘ
file system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mac OS Standard
ⓘ
linked to:
Mac OS Platinum
|
| blockAllocationUnit | allocation blocks ⓘ |
| casePreservation | case-preserving ⓘ |
| caseSensitivity | case-insensitive ⓘ |
| characterEncoding | MacRoman ⓘ |
| designedFor |
floppy disks
ⓘ
hard disks ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| directoryStructure | tree-structured hierarchy ⓘ |
| fileNameLengthLimit | 31 characters ⓘ |
| followedBy |
APFS
ⓘ
HFS Plus ⓘ HFS+ ⓘ
linked to:
HFS Plus
|
| fullName | Hierarchical File System ⓘ |
| intendedHardwarePlatform |
Macintosh computers
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
Motorola 68000-based Macintosh ⓘ
linked to:
68k Macintosh
|
| introducedInProduct | Macintosh System 2.1 ⓘ |
| maximumFileSize | 2 GB (approximate) ⓘ |
| maximumVolumeSize | 2 GB (approximate practical limit) ⓘ |
| metadataStructure |
catalog file
ⓘ
extents overflow file ⓘ master directory block ⓘ volume bitmap ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Classic Mac OS
ⓘ
Mac OS 8 ⓘ Mac OS 9 ⓘ System 2.1 ⓘ System 3 ⓘ System 4 ⓘ System 5 ⓘ System 6 ⓘ System 7 ⓘ
linked to:
System 7 (early versions)
early versions of Mac OS X ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985 ⓘ |
| replaced |
MFS
ⓘ
Macintosh File System ⓘ |
| status | legacy ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
creator codes
ⓘ
data forks ⓘ file metadata ⓘ file type codes ⓘ hierarchical directories ⓘ resource forks ⓘ volume labels ⓘ |
| usedAs | boot file system on early Macintosh systems ⓘ |
| volumeIdentification | volume name stored in master directory block ⓘ |
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: HFS Description of subject: HFS (Hierarchical File System) is a classic file system developed by Apple for early Macintosh computers, organizing data in a tree-structured hierarchy with support for resource forks and metadata.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: HFS