Aero Glass
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Aero Glass is a graphical user interface theme and compositing engine introduced in Windows Vista and Windows 7 that provides translucent window borders, animations, and advanced visual effects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aero Glass canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8290007 — 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: Aero Glass Context triple: [Flip3D, requires, Aero Glass]
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A.
AeroLogic
AeroLogic is a German cargo airline operating long-haul freight services, primarily on behalf of DHL and Lufthansa Cargo.
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B.
Sky Glass
Sky Glass is Sky’s integrated smart television platform that combines a 4K TV with built-in streaming, live TV, and voice control without requiring a satellite dish.
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C.
Dragontrail Glass
Dragontrail Glass is a chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant aluminosilicate glass used as a durable protective cover for electronic device displays.
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D.
Pilkington glass company
Pilkington glass company is a major British glass manufacturer renowned for pioneering the float glass process and supplying glass products worldwide.
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E.
Built on Glass
Built on Glass is the critically acclaimed 2014 debut studio album by Australian electronic musician Chet Faker, blending downtempo electronica, soul, and R&B.
- 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: Aero Glass Target entity description: Aero Glass is a graphical user interface theme and compositing engine introduced in Windows Vista and Windows 7 that provides translucent window borders, animations, and advanced visual effects.
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A.
AeroLogic
AeroLogic is a German cargo airline operating long-haul freight services, primarily on behalf of DHL and Lufthansa Cargo.
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B.
Sky Glass
Sky Glass is Sky’s integrated smart television platform that combines a 4K TV with built-in streaming, live TV, and voice control without requiring a satellite dish.
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C.
Dragontrail Glass
Dragontrail Glass is a chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant aluminosilicate glass used as a durable protective cover for electronic device displays.
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D.
Pilkington glass company
Pilkington glass company is a major British glass manufacturer renowned for pioneering the float glass process and supplying glass products worldwide.
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E.
Built on Glass
Built on Glass is the critically acclaimed 2014 debut studio album by Australian electronic musician Chet Faker, blending downtempo electronica, soul, and R&B.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
desktop window compositing engine
ⓘ
graphical user interface theme ⓘ |
| availableInEdition |
Windows 7 Enterprise
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 7
Windows 7 Home Premium ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 7
Windows 7 Professional ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 7
Windows 7 Ultimate ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 7
Windows Vista Business ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Enterprise ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Home Premium ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Ultimate ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Vista
|
| canBe |
disabled by user
ⓘ
disabled to improve performance ⓘ |
| defaultState | enabled on supported hardware ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| disabledInEdition |
Windows 7 Home Basic
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 7
Windows 7 Starter ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 7
Windows Vista Home Basic ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Starter ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Vista
|
| feature |
Flip 3D window switching
ⓘ
advanced visual effects ⓘ blurred glass-like transparency ⓘ live taskbar thumbnails ⓘ smooth window transitions ⓘ translucent window borders ⓘ window animations ⓘ window minimization and maximization animations ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
Windows 7
ⓘ
Windows Vista ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| partOf | Windows Aero ⓘ |
| platform |
x64
ⓘ
x86 ⓘ |
| relatedComponent |
Alt-Tab live previews
ⓘ
Flip 3D ⓘ taskbar thumbnails ⓘ |
| requires |
Desktop Window Manager
ⓘ
Windows Display Driver Model ⓘ compatible graphics card ⓘ |
| successorFeature |
Aero Lite theme
ⓘ
linked to:
Aero theme
Windows 8 window composition ⓘ |
| userInterfaceElement |
taskbar
ⓘ
title bar ⓘ window frame ⓘ |
| uses |
GPU-based compositing
ⓘ
hardware-accelerated graphics ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
glass-like appearance
ⓘ
glow effects on window borders ⓘ reflections and highlights ⓘ semi-transparent frames ⓘ |
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: Aero Glass Description of subject: Aero Glass is a graphical user interface theme and compositing engine introduced in Windows Vista and Windows 7 that provides translucent window borders, animations, and advanced visual effects.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.