Memory Stick (on older models)
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Memory Stick (on older models) is Sony’s proprietary flash memory card format that was commonly used in earlier digital cameras and other portable electronics for data storage.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Memory Stick | 13 |
| Memory Stick (on older models) canonical | 1 |
| Memory Stick (on some Sony devices) | 1 |
| Memory Stick Duo | 1 |
| Memory Stick PRO | 1 |
| Memory Stick audio devices | 1 |
| Memory Stick electrical interface | 1 |
| Memory Stick family | 1 |
| Sony Memory Stick standard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1934362 — 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: Memory Stick (on older models) Context triple: [Cyber-shot, usesMedium, Memory Stick (on older models)]
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A.
eMMC
eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard) is an integrated flash storage standard commonly used in smartphones, tablets, and other consumer electronics to provide compact, low-cost, non-volatile memory.
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B.
SanDisk
SanDisk is a prominent data storage brand known for its flash memory products such as SD cards, USB drives, and solid-state drives.
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C.
DRAM
DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access Memory) is a type of volatile semiconductor memory widely used as the main system memory in computers and other digital devices due to its high density and relatively low cost.
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D.
Monolithic Memories
Monolithic Memories was a semiconductor company known for developing programmable read-only memory (PROM) and logic devices after being spun off from Fairchild Semiconductor.
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E.
G-DRIVE
G-DRIVE is a line of high-performance external storage drives, popular among creative professionals for reliable, high-capacity data backup and media workflows.
- 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: Memory Stick (on older models) Target entity description: Memory Stick (on older models) is Sony’s proprietary flash memory card format that was commonly used in earlier digital cameras and other portable electronics for data storage.
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A.
eMMC
eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard) is an integrated flash storage standard commonly used in smartphones, tablets, and other consumer electronics to provide compact, low-cost, non-volatile memory.
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B.
SanDisk
SanDisk is a prominent data storage brand known for its flash memory products such as SD cards, USB drives, and solid-state drives.
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C.
DRAM
DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access Memory) is a type of volatile semiconductor memory widely used as the main system memory in computers and other digital devices due to its high density and relatively low cost.
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D.
Monolithic Memories
Monolithic Memories was a semiconductor company known for developing programmable read-only memory (PROM) and logic devices after being spun off from Fairchild Semiconductor.
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E.
G-DRIVE
G-DRIVE is a line of high-performance external storage drives, popular among creative professionals for reliable, high-capacity data backup and media workflows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flash memory card format
ⓘ
removable storage medium ⓘ |
| color | purple (typical original cards) ⓘ |
| commonUsePeriod |
2000s
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Sony AIBO robots
ⓘ
Sony Clie PDAs ⓘ Sony Cyber-shot cameras ⓘ
linked to:
Cyber-shot
Sony Handycam camcorders ⓘ
linked to:
Handycam
|
| competition |
CompactFlash
ⓘ
Secure Digital ⓘ SmartMedia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| dataInterface | serial interface ⓘ |
| developer | Sony ⓘ |
| fileSystem |
FAT12
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FAT16 ⓘ |
| formFactor | full-size Memory Stick ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Memory Stick Duo
ⓘ
linked to:
Memory Stick PRO Duo
Memory Stick Micro (M2) ⓘ Memory Stick PRO ⓘ Memory Stick PRO Duo ⓘ |
| hotSwappable | true ⓘ |
| inception | 1998 ⓘ |
| length | 50 mm ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sony ⓘ |
| marketedBy |
Sony Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Sony
|
| maximumCapacityOriginalStandard | 128 MB ⓘ |
| mediaType | solid-state storage ⓘ |
| nonVolatile | true ⓘ |
| owner | Sony ⓘ |
| powerSource | host device ⓘ |
| proprietaryTo | Sony ⓘ |
| removable | true ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Memory Stick Duo
ⓘ
linked to:
Memory Stick (on older models)
Memory Stick PRO ⓘ
linked to:
Memory Stick (on older models)
Memory Stick PRO Duo ⓘ SD card ⓘ |
| status | largely obsolete ⓘ |
| storageMediumType | flash memory ⓘ |
| supports |
MagicGate copy protection (on some variants)
ⓘ
linked to:
DRM
|
| supportsRewriting | true ⓘ |
| thickness | 2.8 mm ⓘ |
| usedFor | data storage ⓘ |
| usedIn |
PlayStation Portable via adapter
ⓘ
Sony VAIO laptops ⓘ
linked to:
Sony VAIO computers
camcorders ⓘ digital cameras ⓘ handheld devices ⓘ portable media players ⓘ |
| width | 21.5 mm ⓘ |
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: Memory Stick (on older models) Description of subject: Memory Stick (on older models) is Sony’s proprietary flash memory card format that was commonly used in earlier digital cameras and other portable electronics for data storage.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Memory Stick (on older models)
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Memory Stick (on older models)
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Sony Clie PDAs
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