ICL 2903 minicomputer
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The ICL 2903 minicomputer is a small, general-purpose computer system developed by International Computers Limited in the 1970s for business and data processing applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ICL 2903 minicomputer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4569005 — 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: ICL 2903 minicomputer Context triple: [International Computers Limited, product, ICL 2903 minicomputer]
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A.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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B.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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C.
DECsystem-10
The DECsystem-10 was a family of influential 36-bit mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s, widely used in universities and research institutions for time-sharing and early networked computing.
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D.
IBM 604
The IBM 604 was an early electromechanical electronic calculating punch introduced in the late 1940s, notable for being one of IBM’s first mass-produced programmable calculators used widely in business and scientific data processing.
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E.
PDP-7
The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
- 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: ICL 2903 minicomputer Target entity description: The ICL 2903 minicomputer is a small, general-purpose computer system developed by International Computers Limited in the 1970s for business and data processing applications.
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A.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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B.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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C.
DECsystem-10
The DECsystem-10 was a family of influential 36-bit mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s, widely used in universities and research institutions for time-sharing and early networked computing.
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D.
IBM 604
The IBM 604 was an early electromechanical electronic calculating punch introduced in the late 1940s, notable for being one of IBM’s first mass-produced programmable calculators used widely in business and scientific data processing.
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E.
PDP-7
The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer system
ⓘ
minicomputer ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries | ICL 2900 series ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | ICL 2900 series software (to some extent) ⓘ |
| computerArchitectureType | general-purpose computer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedFor |
batch processing
ⓘ
multi-user operation ⓘ transaction processing ⓘ |
| developer | International Computers Limited ⓘ |
| hasFormFactor | minicomputer cabinet ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of British minicomputer design of the 1970s ⓘ |
| inputOutputSupport |
disk storage units
ⓘ
line printers ⓘ magnetic tape drives ⓘ punched card equipment (via peripherals) ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
business applications
ⓘ
data processing applications ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | International Computers Limited ⓘ |
| marketSegment |
commercial data processing
ⓘ
small business computing ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | ICL proprietary operating systems ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ICL 2900 mainframe range
ⓘ
ICL 2904 ⓘ ICL 2905 ⓘ |
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| supports |
COBOL (via ICL toolchain)
ⓘ
linked to:
COBOL
FORTRAN (via ICL toolchain) ⓘ
linked to:
Fortran
assembler language ⓘ |
| targetCustomers |
business users
ⓘ
commercial data centers ⓘ government organizations ⓘ |
| technologyEra | third-generation computers ⓘ |
| typicalDeployment |
commercial organizations
ⓘ
office environments ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accounting
ⓘ
general business data processing ⓘ inventory control ⓘ payroll ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Europe
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedWith |
ICL proprietary terminals
ⓘ
remote job entry stations ⓘ |
| wordLength | 24-bit (family characteristic, approximate) ⓘ |
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: ICL 2903 minicomputer Description of subject: The ICL 2903 minicomputer is a small, general-purpose computer system developed by International Computers Limited in the 1970s for business and data processing applications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.