rxvt
E773891
rxvt is a lightweight, customizable terminal emulator for the X Window System, designed as a faster and less resource-intensive alternative to xterm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| rxvt canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9025688 — 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: rxvt Context triple: [xterm, influenced, rxvt]
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A.
XVT
XVT is the IATA station code for Ventimiglia railway station, a key rail hub in the border town of Ventimiglia in northwestern Italy.
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B.
xterm
xterm is a widely used terminal emulator for the X Window System on Unix-like operating systems, known for its long history and role as a de facto standard.
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C.
LXTerminal
LXTerminal is a lightweight, fast, and minimal terminal emulator designed for the LXDE desktop environment, optimized for low-resource systems.
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D.
xfce4-terminal
xfce4-terminal is the lightweight, tabbed terminal emulator designed for the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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E.
IceWM
IceWM is a lightweight, fast, and highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, popular on resource-constrained Linux and Unix-like systems.
- 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: rxvt Target entity description: rxvt is a lightweight, customizable terminal emulator for the X Window System, designed as a faster and less resource-intensive alternative to xterm.
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A.
XVT
XVT is the IATA station code for Ventimiglia railway station, a key rail hub in the border town of Ventimiglia in northwestern Italy.
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B.
xterm
xterm is a widely used terminal emulator for the X Window System on Unix-like operating systems, known for its long history and role as a de facto standard.
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C.
LXTerminal
LXTerminal is a lightweight, fast, and minimal terminal emulator designed for the LXDE desktop environment, optimized for low-resource systems.
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D.
xfce4-terminal
xfce4-terminal is the lightweight, tabbed terminal emulator designed for the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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E.
IceWM
IceWM is a lightweight, fast, and highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, popular on resource-constrained Linux and Unix-like systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X Window System application
ⓘ
software ⓘ terminal emulator ⓘ |
| category |
X terminal emulators
ⓘ
free X Window System software ⓘ |
| comparedTo | xterm ⓘ |
| configurationMethod |
X resources (xrdb)
ⓘ
command-line arguments ⓘ |
| designedFor |
X Window System
ⓘ
linked to:
X11
|
| distribution | commonly included in Linux distributions ⓘ |
| feature |
supports UTF-8 in some builds
ⓘ
supports different color schemes ⓘ supports login shells ⓘ supports multiple scrollbars styles ⓘ |
| goal | be faster and less resource-intensive than xterm ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
aterm
ⓘ
rxvt-unicode ⓘ
linked to:
urxvt (rxvt-unicode)
|
| implementationLanguage | C ⓘ |
| license | MIT-like license ⓘ |
| name | rxvt ⓘ |
| notableFor |
low CPU usage
ⓘ
small memory footprint ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Solaris ⓘ
linked to:
Solaris operating system
Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| platform | X11 ⓘ |
| primaryFeature |
customizable
ⓘ
fast startup ⓘ lightweight ⓘ low resource usage ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Eterm
ⓘ
aterm ⓘ rxvt-unicode ⓘ
linked to:
urxvt (rxvt-unicode)
xterm ⓘ |
| runsIn | X11 terminal window ⓘ |
| supports |
ANSI escape sequences
ⓘ
VT102 emulation ⓘ VT220 emulation ⓘ X resources configuration ⓘ X11 cut and paste ⓘ color display ⓘ command-line options ⓘ multiple fonts ⓘ pseudo-transparency (in some variants) ⓘ scrollback buffer ⓘ |
| userInterface | text-based ⓘ |
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: rxvt Description of subject: rxvt is a lightweight, customizable terminal emulator for the X Window System, designed as a faster and less resource-intensive alternative to xterm.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
urxvt (rxvt-unicode)