ADB
E208098
ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) is a now-obsolete serial interface developed by Apple for connecting low-speed input devices like keyboards and mice to Macintosh computers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ADB canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1870024 — 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: ADB Context triple: [Macintosh LC, ports, ADB]
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A.
ADB
ADB is a regional multilateral development bank that promotes economic growth and cooperation in Asia and the Pacific through loans, grants, and technical assistance.
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B.
AVG
AVG refers to the American Volunteer Group, the World War II unit of volunteer U.S. pilots famously known as the Flying Tigers who flew for China against Japan before America’s official entry into the war.
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C.
ATA
ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment), commonly known as IDE, is a standard interface used to connect storage devices like hard drives and optical drives to a computer's motherboard.
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D.
ATA
ATA is the acronym for the Allen Telescope Array, a large-scale radio telescope array in California designed for astronomical observations and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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E.
DA
DA is the official abbreviation for the United States Department of the Army, the federal agency responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the U.S. Army.
- 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: ADB Target entity description: ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) is a now-obsolete serial interface developed by Apple for connecting low-speed input devices like keyboards and mice to Macintosh computers.
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A.
ADB
ADB is a regional multilateral development bank that promotes economic growth and cooperation in Asia and the Pacific through loans, grants, and technical assistance.
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B.
AVG
AVG refers to the American Volunteer Group, the World War II unit of volunteer U.S. pilots famously known as the Flying Tigers who flew for China against Japan before America’s official entry into the war.
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C.
ATA
ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment), commonly known as IDE, is a standard interface used to connect storage devices like hard drives and optical drives to a computer's motherboard.
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D.
ATA
ATA is the acronym for the Allen Telescope Array, a large-scale radio telescope array in California designed for astronomical observations and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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E.
DA
DA is the official abbreviation for the United States Department of the Army, the federal agency responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the U.S. Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple technology
ⓘ
computer hardware interface ⓘ serial bus ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor |
Apple Desktop Bus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Desktop Bus port
|
| addressingScheme | device IDs assigned at startup ⓘ |
| connectorType | 4-pin mini-DIN ⓘ |
| dataRate | low-speed ⓘ |
| dataTransferType | serial ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Macintosh computers
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
|
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| documentation | described in Apple technical notes and developer documentation ⓘ |
| fullName |
Apple Desktop Bus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Desktop Bus port
|
| influenced | later low-speed peripheral bus designs at Apple ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier serial peripheral buses ⓘ |
| introducedWith |
Apple IIGS
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple IIgs
Macintosh II ⓘ Macintosh SE ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| manufacturerSupportEnded | late 1990s to early 2000s on new Macs ⓘ |
| maxDevicesPerBus | 16 ⓘ |
| notCompatibleWith |
PS/2 ports without adapter
ⓘ
USB without adapter ⓘ |
| powerSupply | provides power to attached devices ⓘ |
| primaryUseEra |
1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
| protocolType | polled bus protocol ⓘ |
| purpose | connecting low-speed input devices ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
FireWire (for some peripherals)
ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 1394
USB ⓘ |
| signalType | single-wire bidirectional data line plus power and ground ⓘ |
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| supportsDaisyChaining | true ⓘ |
| supportsHotPlug | limited ⓘ |
| typicalDevice |
graphics tablet
ⓘ
joystick ⓘ keyboard ⓘ mouse ⓘ trackball ⓘ |
| usedFor |
consumer input devices
ⓘ
keyboard input ⓘ mouse input ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Apple IIGS
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple IIgs
Macintosh II series ⓘ Macintosh SE ⓘ early Power Macintosh models ⓘ some NeXT hardware via adapter ⓘ |
| usedOnPlatform | Classic Mac OS hardware ⓘ |
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: ADB Description of subject: ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) is a now-obsolete serial interface developed by Apple for connecting low-speed input devices like keyboards and mice to Macintosh computers.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.