TFTP
E5902
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simple, lightweight file transfer protocol commonly used for tasks like network booting and device configuration in constrained environments.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trivial File Transfer Protocol | 6 |
| TFTP canonical | 4 |
| The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2) | 2 |
| tftpd | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T63732 — 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: TFTP Context triple: [UDP, usedBy, TFTP]
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A.
TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
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B.
FCS
FCS is the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, the tier of top-level college football that determines its national champion through a playoff system rather than traditional bowl games.
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C.
LDP
LDP is a common abbreviation for the Liberal Democratic Party, a major political party name used in several countries, most prominently Japan.
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D.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
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E.
UDP
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a lightweight, connectionless transport-layer protocol used on the Internet for fast, low-overhead data transmission without guaranteed delivery or ordering.
- 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: TFTP Target entity description: TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simple, lightweight file transfer protocol commonly used for tasks like network booting and device configuration in constrained environments.
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A.
TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
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B.
FCS
FCS is the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, the tier of top-level college football that determines its national champion through a playoff system rather than traditional bowl games.
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C.
LDP
LDP is a common abbreviation for the Liberal Democratic Party, a major political party name used in several countries, most prominently Japan.
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D.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
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E.
UDP
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a lightweight, connectionless transport-layer protocol used on the Internet for fast, low-overhead data transmission without guaranteed delivery or ordering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file transfer protocol
ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
TFTP
|
| authentication | none in base protocol ⓘ |
| blockSizeDefault | 512 bytes ⓘ |
| connectionEstablishment | no explicit session setup ⓘ |
| defaultPort | 69 ⓘ |
| designGoal |
low overhead
ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ |
| encryption | none in base protocol ⓘ |
| fileAccessControl | server-side configuration only ⓘ |
| fullName |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
TFTP
|
| hasLimitation |
no built-in integrity protection
ⓘ
no directory listing ⓘ no user authentication ⓘ |
| layer | application layer ⓘ |
| messageType |
ACK
ⓘ
DATA ⓘ ERROR ⓘ OACK (Option Acknowledgment) ⓘ RRQ (Read Request) ⓘ WRQ (Write Request) ⓘ |
| notSuitableFor |
high-latency networks
ⓘ
untrusted public networks ⓘ |
| originalRfc | RFC 783 ⓘ |
| relatedProtocol |
FTP
ⓘ
HTTP ⓘ |
| reliabilityMechanism |
acknowledgment packets
ⓘ
retransmission on timeout ⓘ stop-and-wait ARQ ⓘ |
| rfcSpecification | RFC 1350 ⓘ |
| securityProperty | insecure over untrusted networks ⓘ |
| suitableEnvironment |
constrained environments
ⓘ
local area networks ⓘ |
| supportsDirection |
file download
ⓘ
file upload ⓘ |
| supportsOption |
blocksize
ⓘ
timeout ⓘ tsize ⓘ |
| transportProtocol | UDP ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
VoIP phone provisioning
ⓘ
diskless workstation boot ⓘ embedded device configuration ⓘ network booting ⓘ router firmware upgrade ⓘ switch firmware upgrade ⓘ |
| usesConnection | connectionless ⓘ |
| usesFileTransferMode |
mail mode (obsolete)
ⓘ
netascii mode ⓘ octet mode ⓘ |
| usesPortAllocation | ephemeral UDP ports for data transfer ⓘ |
| yearStandardized | 1981 ⓘ |
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: TFTP Description of subject: TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simple, lightweight file transfer protocol commonly used for tasks like network booting and device configuration in constrained environments.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: TFTP
linked to: TFTP
linked to: TFTP
linked to: TFTP
linked to: TFTP
linked to: TFTP