Zone Information Protocol
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Zone Information Protocol is a network protocol used in AppleTalk to manage and distribute information about logical groupings of devices, known as zones, within an AppleTalk internetwork.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zone Information Protocol canonical | 2 |
| ZIP (Zone Information Protocol) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1773975 — 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: Zone Information Protocol Context triple: [AppleTalk, transportLayerProtocol, Zone Information Protocol]
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A.
IANA time zone database
The IANA time zone database is a globally maintained, authoritative repository of time zone information used by most modern computer systems and software to handle local times and daylight saving rules.
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B.
Time Zone API
Time Zone API is a Google Maps web service that provides time zone information for specified locations based on geographic coordinates.
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C.
Clock and Region
Clock and Region is a Windows Control Panel section that lets users configure date, time, time zones, and regional settings such as formats and location.
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D.
North American time zones
North American time zones are the standardized regional time divisions used across countries in North America, including zones such as Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Time.
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E.
GMT360
GMT360 is General Motors' mid-size SUV platform used in the early 2000s for body-on-frame sport utility vehicles across several of its brands.
- 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: Zone Information Protocol Target entity description: Zone Information Protocol is a network protocol used in AppleTalk to manage and distribute information about logical groupings of devices, known as zones, within an AppleTalk internetwork.
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A.
IANA time zone database
The IANA time zone database is a globally maintained, authoritative repository of time zone information used by most modern computer systems and software to handle local times and daylight saving rules.
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B.
Time Zone API
Time Zone API is a Google Maps web service that provides time zone information for specified locations based on geographic coordinates.
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C.
Clock and Region
Clock and Region is a Windows Control Panel section that lets users configure date, time, time zones, and regional settings such as formats and location.
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D.
North American time zones
North American time zones are the standardized regional time divisions used across countries in North America, including zones such as Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Time.
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E.
GMT360
GMT360 is General Motors' mid-size SUV platform used in the early 2000s for body-on-frame sport utility vehicles across several of its brands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AppleTalk protocol
ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ZIP ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
AppleTalk name binding
ⓘ
AppleTalk routers ⓘ |
| category | routing and configuration protocol ⓘ |
| dataType |
network number range
ⓘ
zone name ⓘ |
| definedIn | AppleTalk Phase 2 ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| documentation |
AppleTalk Protocol Suite specifications
ⓘ
Inside AppleTalk (Apple technical reference) ⓘ |
| era | late 1980s ⓘ |
| function |
allow hosts to discover their default zone
ⓘ
allow routers to learn and advertise zone names for each cable range ⓘ provide list of zones available on an AppleTalk internetwork ⓘ |
| layer | AppleTalk internetwork layer ⓘ |
| maintains | mapping between network numbers and zone names ⓘ |
| manages | AppleTalk zones ⓘ |
| messageType |
GetMyZone
ⓘ
GetNetInfo ⓘ GetZoneList ⓘ Notify ⓘ Query ⓘ Reply ⓘ |
| operatesOn | logical groupings of devices called zones ⓘ |
| purpose | manage and distribute information about AppleTalk zones ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
ⓘ
Name Binding Protocol ⓘ |
| reliability | uses DDP datagrams (unreliable transport) ⓘ |
| replacedBy | modern IP-based service discovery mechanisms ⓘ |
| requires | AppleTalk router participation ⓘ |
| runsOver | Datagram Delivery Protocol ⓘ |
| scope |
AppleTalk internetwork
ⓘ
linked to:
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
|
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| supports |
dynamic zone information
ⓘ
static zone information ⓘ |
| usedFor |
logical organization of AppleTalk devices
ⓘ
user-friendly grouping of network resources ⓘ |
| usedIn | AppleTalk ⓘ |
| uses | DDP sockets ⓘ |
| zoneNameEncoding |
case-insensitive
ⓘ
up to 32 characters ⓘ |
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: Zone Information Protocol Description of subject: Zone Information Protocol is a network protocol used in AppleTalk to manage and distribute information about logical groupings of devices, known as zones, within an AppleTalk internetwork.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Zone Information Protocol