DOS/VS
E214839
DOS/VS is an IBM mainframe operating system variant designed for virtual storage support on the System/370 family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DOS/VS canonical | 6 |
| Disk Operating System/Virtual Storage | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1923101 — 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: DOS/VS Context triple: [IBM System/370, compatibleWith, DOS/VS]
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A.
DOS
DOS is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of State, the federal executive department responsible for U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
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B.
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is a command-line operating system that became the foundational software platform for early IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
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D.
CP/M
CP/M is an early microcomputer operating system widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for its influence on later systems like MS-DOS.
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E.
CP/M-86
CP/M-86 is a 16-bit version of the CP/M operating system designed for Intel 8086/8088-based computers, serving as an early alternative to MS-DOS on machines like the IBM PC.
- 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: DOS/VS Target entity description: DOS/VS is an IBM mainframe operating system variant designed for virtual storage support on the System/370 family.
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A.
DOS
DOS is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of State, the federal executive department responsible for U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
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B.
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is a command-line operating system that became the foundational software platform for early IBM-compatible personal computers in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
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D.
CP/M
CP/M is an early microcomputer operating system widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for its influence on later systems like MS-DOS.
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E.
CP/M-86
CP/M-86 is a 16-bit version of the CP/M operating system designed for Intel 8086/8088-based computers, serving as an early alternative to MS-DOS on machines like the IBM PC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IBM mainframe operating system
ⓘ
disk operating system ⓘ virtual storage operating system ⓘ |
| architecture |
System/370 architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM System/370
|
| basedOn |
DOS/360 architecture and design
ⓘ
linked to:
OS/360
|
| belongsToLineage | IBM DOS/VSE operating system line ⓘ |
| concurrentUseWith |
CICS transaction processing monitor
ⓘ
linked to:
CICS Transaction Server
|
| configurationStyle | partition-oriented system configuration ⓘ |
| designedFor | IBM System/370 ⓘ |
| developer | IBM ⓘ |
| fileSystemType | disk-based file system ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Disk Operating System/Virtual Storage
ⓘ
linked to:
DOS/VS
|
| hasComponent | Job Control Language ⓘ |
| intendedFor | small and medium IBM mainframe installations ⓘ |
| introducedFeature | virtual storage support for DOS line ⓘ |
| jobControlLanguage | DOS JCL ⓘ |
| marketPosition | lower-cost alternative to OS/VS1 and OS/VS2 ⓘ |
| memoryManagementModel | virtual memory ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily |
DOS/360 family
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM VSE
|
| operationalMode | batch-oriented operating system ⓘ |
| platform |
IBM System/370 model 145
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM System/370
IBM System/370 model 155 ⓘ
linked to:
IBM System/370
IBM System/370 model 165 ⓘ
linked to:
IBM System/370
|
| predecessor |
DOS/360
ⓘ
linked to:
OS/360
|
| successor |
DOS/VSE
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM VSE
VSE/AF ⓘ VSE/ESA ⓘ z/VSE ⓘ |
| supports |
COBOL programs
ⓘ
FORTRAN programs ⓘ assembler language programs ⓘ batch processing ⓘ card reader input via spooling ⓘ core image libraries ⓘ disk storage devices ⓘ line printer output via spooling ⓘ magnetic tape devices ⓘ multiple concurrent jobs ⓘ partitioned data sets ⓘ partitioned multiprogramming ⓘ spooling ⓘ virtual storage ⓘ |
| targetHardware | IBM mainframe computers ⓘ |
| useCase |
business batch workloads
ⓘ
commercial data processing ⓘ |
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: DOS/VS Description of subject: DOS/VS is an IBM mainframe operating system variant designed for virtual storage support on the System/370 family.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: DOS/VS