Windows ME
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Windows ME (Millennium Edition) is a consumer-focused version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system released in 2000, known for introducing features like System Restore and Windows Movie Maker but also for its instability and frequent crashes.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows Me | 25 |
| Windows ME canonical | 17 |
| Microsoft Windows Me | 2 |
| Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition | 2 |
| WinME | 2 |
| Windows ME DOS box | 1 |
| Windows Me (32-bit hybrid) | 1 |
| Windows Me (conceptually superseded) | 1 |
| Windows Millennium Edition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T264940 — 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: Windows ME Context triple: [Internet Explorer, operatingSystem, Windows ME]
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A.
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented Microsoft operating system from the late 1990s that built on Windows 95 with improved hardware support, a more integrated graphical interface, and bundled web technologies.
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B.
Windows
Windows is a widely used family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft for personal computers, servers, and other devices.
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C.
Windows 95 Plus! Pack
Windows 95 Plus! Pack is an add-on software package for Microsoft Windows 95 that provided additional system utilities, desktop enhancements, and early internet-related features.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Windows ME Target entity description: Windows ME (Millennium Edition) is a consumer-focused version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system released in 2000, known for introducing features like System Restore and Windows Movie Maker but also for its instability and frequent crashes.
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A.
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented Microsoft operating system from the late 1990s that built on Windows 95 with improved hardware support, a more integrated graphical interface, and bundled web technologies.
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B.
Windows
Windows is a widely used family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft for personal computers, servers, and other devices.
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C.
Windows 95 Plus! Pack
Windows 95 Plus! Pack is an add-on software package for Microsoft Windows 95 that provided additional system utilities, desktop enhancements, and early internet-related features.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft Windows operating system
ⓘ
consumer operating system ⓘ operating system ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
WinME
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows ME
Windows ME ⓘ |
| architecture | 32-bit ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Windows 98 codebase
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 98
|
| codename | Millennium ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| extendedSupportEndDate | 2006-07-11 ⓘ |
| family |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| fullName |
Windows Millennium Edition
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows ME
|
| includedFeature |
Help and Support Center
ⓘ
Internet Explorer 5.5 ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
System Restore ⓘ Windows Image Acquisition ⓘ Windows Media Player 7 ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Media Player
Windows Movie Maker ⓘ automatic updates ⓘ compressed folder support ⓘ |
| includedGame |
Internet Backgammon
ⓘ
Internet Checkers ⓘ Internet Hearts ⓘ Internet Reversi ⓘ |
| kernelBase | MS-DOS-based kernel ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| license |
commercial software
ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ |
| mainstreamSupportEndDate | 2005-07-11 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frequent system crashes
ⓘ
instability ⓘ poor reliability reputation ⓘ |
| platform | IA-32 ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Windows 98 Second Edition
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 98
|
| publisher | Microsoft ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2000-09-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| removedFeature |
native DOS mode support at startup
ⓘ
real-mode DOS boot ⓘ |
| series | Windows 9x ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Windows XP ⓘ |
| supports |
ACPI power management
ⓘ
FAT32 file system ⓘ Plug and Play ⓘ USB devices ⓘ |
| supportStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
consumer market
ⓘ
home users ⓘ |
| userInterface |
Windows 98-style shell
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Shell
graphical user interface ⓘ |
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: Windows ME Description of subject: Windows ME (Millennium Edition) is a consumer-focused version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system released in 2000, known for introducing features like System Restore and Windows Movie Maker but also for its instability and frequent crashes.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
WIA
linked to: Windows ME
linked to: Windows ME
subject linked to:
MS-DOS COMMAND.COM
linked to: Windows ME
linked to: Windows ME
linked to: Windows ME
subject linked to:
Neptune (cancelled consumer NT project)
linked to: Windows ME