Fast User Switching
E749667
Fast User Switching is a macOS feature that allows multiple user accounts to stay logged in simultaneously and be quickly switched between without logging out.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fast User Switching canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8650003 — 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: Fast User Switching Context triple: [Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, includedFeature, Fast User Switching]
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A.
Fast User Switching (in development)
Fast User Switching (in development) was a planned Windows feature aimed at allowing multiple users to stay logged in and quickly switch between their sessions without closing applications.
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B.
User Account Control
User Account Control is a Windows security mechanism that limits application privileges and prompts for consent or administrator approval before allowing potentially system-altering actions.
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C.
UAC
UAC is the commonly used acronym for the United Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division I FCS college football conference in the United States.
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D.
UAC
UAC is a Windows security feature that helps prevent unauthorized changes to the operating system by prompting for permission or administrator approval.
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E.
Luks
Luks is the surname of American realist painter and Ashcan School member George Luks.
- 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: Fast User Switching Target entity description: Fast User Switching is a macOS feature that allows multiple user accounts to stay logged in simultaneously and be quickly switched between without logging out.
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A.
Fast User Switching (in development)
Fast User Switching (in development) was a planned Windows feature aimed at allowing multiple users to stay logged in and quickly switch between their sessions without closing applications.
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B.
User Account Control
User Account Control is a Windows security mechanism that limits application privileges and prompts for consent or administrator approval before allowing potentially system-altering actions.
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C.
UAC
UAC is the commonly used acronym for the United Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division I FCS college football conference in the United States.
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D.
UAC
UAC is a Windows security feature that helps prevent unauthorized changes to the operating system by prompting for permission or administrator approval.
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E.
Luks
Luks is the surname of American realist painter and Ashcan School member George Luks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
macOS feature
ⓘ
operating system user management feature ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom |
macOS login window
ⓘ
macOS menu bar ⓘ |
| affects | login session management ⓘ |
| allows |
multiple user accounts to remain logged in simultaneously
ⓘ
quick switching between user accounts ⓘ |
| authenticationRequired | yes ⓘ |
| canBeConfiguredIn |
System Preferences
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS System Settings
System Settings ⓘ |
| canBeDisabled | by an administrator ⓘ |
| category |
macOS multi-user feature
ⓘ
macOS security and privacy feature ⓘ |
| configurationScope | per-computer setting ⓘ |
| designedFor |
family Macs
ⓘ
office Macs ⓘ shared computers ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire | logging out of the current user account ⓘ |
| introducedIn | early versions of Mac OS X ⓘ |
| maintains |
separate home directories for each user
ⓘ
separate preferences for each user ⓘ |
| mayImpact |
overall system performance when many sessions are active
ⓘ
system memory usage ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | Unix-like ⓘ |
| platform | macOS ⓘ |
| preserves |
desktop state for each user session
ⓘ
open documents for each user session ⓘ running applications for each user session ⓘ |
| purpose | improve multi-user convenience on a shared Mac ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
login window
ⓘ
screen locking ⓘ user accounts ⓘ |
| requires |
multiple user accounts on the Mac
ⓘ
sufficient disk space for multiple user environments ⓘ |
| securityProperty | keeps other users’ data separated by account ⓘ |
| supports |
Touch ID-based authentication when switching users
ⓘ
concurrent user sessions ⓘ password-based authentication when switching users ⓘ |
| switchMethod |
login window selection
ⓘ
menu bar selection ⓘ |
| userInterfaceElement |
icon menu in the menu bar
ⓘ
user name menu in the menu bar ⓘ |
| visibleWhen | enabled in System Settings or System Preferences ⓘ |
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: Fast User Switching Description of subject: Fast User Switching is a macOS feature that allows multiple user accounts to stay logged in simultaneously and be quickly switched between without logging out.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
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