Gen Digital
E357630
Gen Digital is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company best known for consumer brands like Norton, Avast, and CCleaner.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gen Digital canonical | 2 |
| Gen Digital Inc. | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3420358 — 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: Gen Digital Context triple: [CCleaner Browser, companyParent, Gen Digital]
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A.
Digil
Digil is a major dialect cluster of the Somali language spoken primarily by the Digil-Mirifle (Rahanweyn) communities in southern Somalia.
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B.
DIGIT
DIGIT is the European Commission’s Directorate‑General responsible for shaping, implementing, and managing the EU institutions’ digital, IT, and cybersecurity strategies and services.
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C.
Gerar
Gerar is an ancient Philistine city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, associated with the patriarchs Abraham and Isaac in the region of the Negev.
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D.
General Digital
General Digital was the original name of Western Digital, a major American data storage and hard drive manufacturer.
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E.
GIG
GIG is the IATA airport code for Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, the main international gateway serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 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: Gen Digital Target entity description: Gen Digital is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company best known for consumer brands like Norton, Avast, and CCleaner.
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A.
Digil
Digil is a major dialect cluster of the Somali language spoken primarily by the Digil-Mirifle (Rahanweyn) communities in southern Somalia.
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B.
DIGIT
DIGIT is the European Commission’s Directorate‑General responsible for shaping, implementing, and managing the EU institutions’ digital, IT, and cybersecurity strategies and services.
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C.
Gerar
Gerar is an ancient Philistine city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, associated with the patriarchs Abraham and Isaac in the region of the Negev.
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D.
General Digital
General Digital was the original name of Western Digital, a major American data storage and hard drive manufacturer.
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E.
GIG
GIG is the IATA airport code for Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, the main international gateway serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cybersecurity company
ⓘ
digital privacy company ⓘ public company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquired |
Avast
ⓘ
linked to:
Avast Software s.r.o.
|
| acquisitionTarget |
Avast
ⓘ
linked to:
Avast Software s.r.o.
|
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| countryOfIncorporation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currencyOfListing |
USD
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| focusesOn |
consumer cyber safety
ⓘ
device security ⓘ identity protection ⓘ online privacy ⓘ |
| formerName |
NortonLifeLock Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Symantec
Symantec Corporation (consumer business) ⓘ
linked to:
Symantec
|
| foundedAs |
NortonLifeLock Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Symantec
|
| hasBrand |
AVG
ⓘ
linked to:
Avast Software s.r.o.
Avast ⓘ
linked to:
Avast Software s.r.o.
Avira ⓘ CCleaner ⓘ LifeLock ⓘ Norton ⓘ ReputationDefender ⓘ |
| hasConsumerWebsite |
https://www.avast.com
ⓘ
https://www.ccleaner.com ⓘ https://www.norton.com ⓘ |
| hasKeyBrand |
Avast One
ⓘ
linked to:
Avast Software s.r.o.
CCleaner Professional ⓘ
linked to:
CCleaner
LifeLock identity theft protection ⓘ
linked to:
LifeLock
Norton 360 ⓘ
linked to:
Norton Antivirus
Norton Secure VPN ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.gendigital.com ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor | Symantec Corporation consumer cyber safety business ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Prague, Czech Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Prague
Tempe, Arizona, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Tempe, Arizona, USA
|
| industry |
computer software
ⓘ
cybersecurity ⓘ digital privacy ⓘ |
| offersService |
cloud-based security services
ⓘ
subscription-based security software ⓘ |
| productCategory |
PC optimization software
ⓘ
VPN services ⓘ antivirus software ⓘ identity theft protection ⓘ password management ⓘ privacy protection tools ⓘ |
| servesCustomerType |
consumers
ⓘ
small businesses ⓘ |
| tradedAs | NASDAQ:GEN ⓘ |
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: Gen Digital Description of subject: Gen Digital is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company best known for consumer brands like Norton, Avast, and CCleaner.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gen Digital
linked to: Gen Digital