Kickstart
E200311
Kickstart is the ROM-based firmware of the Commodore Amiga computers that initializes the hardware and loads the AmigaOS.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kickstart canonical | 2 |
| Kickstart 1.0 | 2 |
| Kickstart 1.3 | 2 |
| Kickstart 2.04 | 2 |
| Kickstart 3.1 | 2 |
| Kickstart ROM | 2 |
| Kickstart 1.1 | 1 |
| Kickstart 1.2 | 1 |
| Kickstart 2.0 | 1 |
| Kickstart 2.05 | 1 |
| Kickstart 3.0 | 1 |
| Kickstart 3.1.4 | 1 |
| Kickstart 3.2 | 1 |
| Kickstart code runs from RAM | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774675 — 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: Kickstart Context triple: [Commodore Amiga 1000, operatingSystemComponents, Kickstart]
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A.
The Start-up of You
The Start-up of You is a career strategy book that applies entrepreneurial principles to personal and professional development, co-written by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
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B.
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups located outside traditional tech hubs in the United States, aiming to support entrepreneurial ecosystems in overlooked regions.
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C.
Karma Bridges
Karma Bridges is the daughter of American rapper and actor Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges).
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D.
Bootjack
Bootjack is a small unincorporated community located in Mariposa County, California, near the Sierra Nevada foothills and the gateway to Yosemite National Park.
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E.
Kick
Kick was the affectionate nickname of Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, the socially prominent and charismatic sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
- 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: Kickstart Target entity description: Kickstart is the ROM-based firmware of the Commodore Amiga computers that initializes the hardware and loads the AmigaOS.
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A.
The Start-up of You
The Start-up of You is a career strategy book that applies entrepreneurial principles to personal and professional development, co-written by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
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B.
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups located outside traditional tech hubs in the United States, aiming to support entrepreneurial ecosystems in overlooked regions.
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C.
Karma Bridges
Karma Bridges is the daughter of American rapper and actor Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges).
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D.
Bootjack
Bootjack is a small unincorporated community located in Mariposa County, California, near the Sierra Nevada foothills and the gateway to Yosemite National Park.
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E.
Kick
Kick was the affectionate nickname of Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, the socially prominent and charismatic sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AmigaOS component
ⓘ
ROM-based firmware ⓘ firmware ⓘ |
| alternativeDistributionForm | Kickstart disk (early Amiga 1000) ⓘ |
| architecture | Motorola 68000 family ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | Workbench ⓘ |
| contains |
bootstrap code
ⓘ
device drivers ⓘ dos.library ⓘ exec.library ⓘ graphics.library ⓘ intuition.library ⓘ |
| developedBy | Commodore International ⓘ |
| distributionForm | ROM chip ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Kickstart 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 1.1 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 1.2 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 1.3 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 2.0 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 2.04 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 2.05 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 3.0 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 3.1 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 3.1.4 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
Kickstart 3.2 ⓘ
linked to:
Kickstart
|
| introducedWith |
Amiga 1000
ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 1000
|
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| loads | AmigaOS ⓘ |
| partOf | AmigaOS ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
hardware initialization
ⓘ
operating system loader ⓘ |
| provides |
graphics subsystem initialization
ⓘ
input/output services ⓘ kernel services ⓘ multitasking support ⓘ system libraries ⓘ |
| region | worldwide ⓘ |
| storedIn | ROM ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
custom chipset initialization
ⓘ
preemptive multitasking ⓘ |
| usedFor | boot process of Amiga computers ⓘ |
| usedOnPlatform |
Amiga 1000
ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 1000
Amiga 1200 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 1200
Amiga 2000 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 2000
Amiga 3000 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 3000
Amiga 4000 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 4000
Amiga 500 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 500
Amiga 600 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 600
Commodore Amiga ⓘ
linked to:
Amiga
|
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: Kickstart Description of subject: Kickstart is the ROM-based firmware of the Commodore Amiga computers that initializes the hardware and loads the AmigaOS.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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