VirtualFree
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VirtualFree is a Windows API function used to release or decommit previously allocated virtual memory in a process's address space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VirtualFree canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8288296 — 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: VirtualFree Context triple: [Kernel32, exportsFunction, VirtualFree]
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A.
For Free
"For Free" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell that contrasts commercial success with the purity of a street musician’s art.
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B.
Free
"Free" is a 1994 studio album by American alternative rock band Concrete Blonde, showcasing their dark, melodic rock sound and introspective songwriting.
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C.
Free
Free was a British rock band formed in the late 1960s, best known for their hit song "All Right Now" and their influential role in the development of hard rock and blues rock.
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D.
Free
"Free" is a soulful R&B single by British singer Estelle that helped establish her early career and showcase her distinctive vocal style.
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E.
Free
"Free" is a 2000 R&B single by American singer Mýa, known for its upbeat groove and themes of independence and self-empowerment.
- 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: VirtualFree Target entity description: VirtualFree is a Windows API function used to release or decommit previously allocated virtual memory in a process's address space.
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A.
For Free
"For Free" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell that contrasts commercial success with the purity of a street musician’s art.
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B.
Free
"Free" is a 1994 studio album by American alternative rock band Concrete Blonde, showcasing their dark, melodic rock sound and introspective songwriting.
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C.
Free
Free was a British rock band formed in the late 1960s, best known for their hit song "All Right Now" and their influential role in the development of hard rock and blues rock.
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D.
Free
"Free" is a soulful R&B single by British singer Estelle that helped establish her early career and showcase her distinctive vocal style.
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E.
Free
"Free" is a 2000 R&B single by American singer Mýa, known for its upbeat groove and themes of independence and self-empowerment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows API function
ⓘ
memory management function ⓘ |
| architectureSupport |
ARM
ⓘ
ARM64 ⓘ x64 ⓘ x86 ⓘ |
| belongsToLibrary | Kernel32.dll ⓘ |
| callingConvention | WINAPI ⓘ |
| canDecommitWithoutRelease | true ⓘ |
| canReleaseEntireRegionOnly | true ⓘ |
| category | low-level memory management API ⓘ |
| declaredInHeader | windows.h ⓘ |
| definedIn |
Windows API
ⓘ
linked to:
Win32 API
|
| errorRetrievalFunction | GetLastError ⓘ |
| failureIndicatedBy | return value FALSE ⓘ |
| headerLanguage | C ⓘ |
| memoryGranularity | page granularity ⓘ |
| minimumSupportedClient | Windows 2000 ⓘ |
| operatesOn | process address space ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| parameter |
DWORD dwFreeType
ⓘ
LPVOID lpAddress ⓘ SIZE_T dwSize ⓘ |
| partOf | Win32 API ⓘ |
| relatedFunction |
VirtualAlloc
ⓘ
VirtualAllocEx ⓘ VirtualProtect ⓘ VirtualQuery ⓘ |
| requiresFlag |
MEM_COALESCE_PLACEHOLDERS
ⓘ
MEM_DECOMMIT ⓘ MEM_LARGE_PAGES ⓘ MEM_PRESERVE_PLACEHOLDER ⓘ MEM_RELEASE ⓘ MEM_RELEASE_PLACEHOLDERS ⓘ MEM_REPLACE_PLACEHOLDER ⓘ MEM_RESET_UNDO ⓘ |
| requiresSizeZeroWhenReleasing | true ⓘ |
| returns | BOOL ⓘ |
| threadSafety | thread-safe for different address ranges ⓘ |
| usedFor |
decommitting virtual memory
ⓘ
freeing pages reserved or committed by VirtualAlloc ⓘ releasing virtual memory ⓘ |
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: VirtualFree Description of subject: VirtualFree is a Windows API function used to release or decommit previously allocated virtual memory in a process's address space.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.