BIND
E792079
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is the most widely used open-source DNS server software that implements the Domain Name System protocols on the internet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BIND canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9312064 — 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: BIND Context triple: [djbdns, alternativeTo, BIND]
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A.
binding
Binding is a central concept in generative syntax that explains how pronouns and other noun phrases can or cannot refer to each other within sentence structure.
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B.
OND
OND is the official vehicle registration code used on license plates to identify vehicles registered in Ondo State, Nigeria.
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C.
BND
BND is the three-letter station code used to identify Bond Street station on the London Underground network.
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D.
BND
BND is the official currency code for the Brunei dollar, the national currency of Brunei Darussalam.
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E.
BND
BND is the National Rail station code for Brandon railway station in Suffolk, England.
- 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: BIND Target entity description: BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is the most widely used open-source DNS server software that implements the Domain Name System protocols on the internet.
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A.
binding
Binding is a central concept in generative syntax that explains how pronouns and other noun phrases can or cannot refer to each other within sentence structure.
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B.
OND
OND is the official vehicle registration code used on license plates to identify vehicles registered in Ondo State, Nigeria.
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C.
BND
BND is the three-letter station code used to identify Bond Street station on the London Underground network.
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D.
BND
BND is the official currency code for the Brunei dollar, the national currency of Brunei Darussalam.
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E.
BND
BND is the National Rail station code for Brandon railway station in Suffolk, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (78)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DNS server software
ⓘ
network service ⓘ open-source software ⓘ |
| component |
dig
ⓘ
host ⓘ named ⓘ nslookup ⓘ nsupdate ⓘ rndc ⓘ |
| configurationFile | named.conf ⓘ |
| currentMainBranch |
BIND 9
ⓘ
linked to:
BIND 9 (early design and leadership)
|
| developer | Internet Systems Consortium ⓘ |
| developerAcronym | ISC ⓘ |
| distributionModel |
precompiled packages
ⓘ
source code ⓘ |
| fullName | Berkeley Internet Name Domain ⓘ |
| implements |
DNS protocols
ⓘ
Domain Name System ⓘ |
| license |
ISC-style open-source license
ⓘ
MPL 2.0 ⓘ |
| maintainer | Internet Systems Consortium ⓘ |
| notableVersionSeries |
BIND 4
ⓘ
BIND 8 ⓘ BIND 9 ⓘ
linked to:
BIND 9 (early design and leadership)
|
| operatingSystem |
FreeBSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ NetBSD ⓘ OpenBSD ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| origin | Berkeley Software Distribution environment ⓘ |
| originalDeveloper |
UC Berkeley Computer Systems Research Group
ⓘ
linked to:
Computer Systems Research Group
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
authoritative DNS service
ⓘ
recursive DNS resolution ⓘ resolving domain names to IP addresses ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| softwareGenre | name server ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
DNSSEC validation
ⓘ
access control lists ⓘ dynamic updates ⓘ forwarding ⓘ logging ⓘ rate limiting ⓘ split-horizon DNS ⓘ views ⓘ zone transfers ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
IPv4
ⓘ
IPv6 ⓘ |
| supportsRecordType |
A
ⓘ
AAAA ⓘ CNAME ⓘ DNSKEY ⓘ MX ⓘ NS ⓘ NSEC ⓘ NSEC3 ⓘ PTR ⓘ RRSIG ⓘ SOA ⓘ SRV ⓘ TXT ⓘ |
| supportsRole |
authoritative name server
ⓘ
caching resolver ⓘ forwarding DNS server ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
AXFR
ⓘ
DNSSEC ⓘ Dynamic DNS ⓘ EDNS(0) ⓘ IXFR ⓘ TSIG ⓘ |
| usedFor |
enterprise DNS infrastructure
ⓘ
public internet DNS infrastructure ⓘ |
| website | https://www.isc.org/bind/ ⓘ |
| widelyUsedFor |
authoritative DNS for top-level domains
ⓘ
enterprise internal DNS ⓘ recursive resolvers for ISPs ⓘ |
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: BIND Description of subject: BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is the most widely used open-source DNS server software that implements the Domain Name System protocols on the internet.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.