CGA
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CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) is IBM's early color display standard for the original IBM PC, capable of low-resolution graphics and basic color text output.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CGA canonical | 13 |
| Color Graphics Adapter | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T272508 — 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: CGA Context triple: [IBM PC, graphicsAdapter, CGA]
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A.
GLC
GLC is the National Rail station code for Glasgow Central, a major railway terminus in Glasgow, Scotland.
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B.
EGA
EGA is the common abbreviation for the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor emblem that symbolizes the United States Marine Corps.
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C.
CAF
CAF is the Confederation of African Football, the governing body for association football in Africa and one of FIFA’s six continental confederations.
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D.
GAU
GAU is an abbreviation commonly used for the University of Göttingen, a major research university in Göttingen, Germany.
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E.
TCA
TCA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Technical Cooperation Administration, a former U.S. government agency responsible for administering foreign aid and technical assistance programs.
- 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: CGA Target entity description: CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) is IBM's early color display standard for the original IBM PC, capable of low-resolution graphics and basic color text output.
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A.
GLC
GLC is the National Rail station code for Glasgow Central, a major railway terminus in Glasgow, Scotland.
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B.
EGA
EGA is the common abbreviation for the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor emblem that symbolizes the United States Marine Corps.
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C.
CAF
CAF is the Confederation of African Football, the governing body for association football in Africa and one of FIFA’s six continental confederations.
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D.
GAU
GAU is an abbreviation commonly used for the University of Göttingen, a major research university in Göttingen, Germany.
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E.
TCA
TCA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Technical Cooperation Administration, a former U.S. government agency responsible for administering foreign aid and technical assistance programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IBM graphics adapter
ⓘ
computer graphics standard ⓘ display standard ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | IBM Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter ⓘ |
| busType |
IBM PC expansion bus
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PC compatible
|
| category | IBM PC display adapter ⓘ |
| characterCellSize | 8×8 pixels ⓘ |
| colorDepth | 4-bit ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | CGA monitors ⓘ |
| compositeOutputStandard |
NTSC
ⓘ
linked to:
NTSC color television standard
|
| connectorType | DE-9 RGBI ⓘ |
| designedFor | IBM PC ⓘ |
| developer | IBM ⓘ |
| era | early 1980s PC graphics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Color Graphics Adapter
ⓘ
linked to:
CGA
|
| graphicsModeColorsAt320x200 | 4 ⓘ |
| graphicsModeColorsAt640x200 | 2 ⓘ |
| graphicsModeResolution |
320×200
ⓘ
640×200 ⓘ |
| influenced | PC graphics standards ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| introducedWith |
IBM Personal Computer
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PC
|
| limitations |
limited color combinations
ⓘ
low resolution ⓘ |
| marketedAs | low-cost color graphics option ⓘ |
| maxColorsOnScreen | 16 ⓘ |
| memorySize | 16 KB ⓘ |
| outputType | digital RGBI ⓘ |
| paletteSize | 16 colors ⓘ |
| predecessor | MDA ⓘ |
| signalType | digital video signal ⓘ |
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| successor |
EGA
ⓘ
VGA ⓘ |
| supportsBlinkAttribute | true ⓘ |
| supportsColor | true ⓘ |
| supportsCompositeVideo | true ⓘ |
| supportsInterlacedCompositeArtifacts | true ⓘ |
| supportsTextAttributes |
background color
ⓘ
blink ⓘ foreground color ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
IBM PC Model 5150
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PC
|
| textModeColors | 16 ⓘ |
| textModeResolution |
40×25 characters
ⓘ
80×25 characters ⓘ |
| usedFor |
PC games
ⓘ
business software ⓘ |
| usedIn | early IBM PC compatibles ⓘ |
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: CGA Description of subject: CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) is IBM's early color display standard for the original IBM PC, capable of low-resolution graphics and basic color text output.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: CGA
subject linked to:
EGA
linked to: CGA
subject linked to:
EGA
subject linked to:
EGA
linked to: CGA
linked to: CGA
subject linked to:
Borland graphics interface (BGI) libraries