DIGITAL Command Language
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DIGITAL Command Language is the primary command-line scripting and interaction language used on DEC's VMS operating systems for system control, file management, and automation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DCL (Digital Command Language) | 1 |
| DIGITAL Command Language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9532511 — 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: DIGITAL Command Language Context triple: [VMS operating system, commandLineInterpreter, DIGITAL Command Language]
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A.
Tool Command Language
Tool Command Language (Tcl) is a high-level, interpreted scripting language commonly used for rapid prototyping, scripting applications, and embedding into other programs, often alongside its Tk toolkit for building graphical user interfaces.
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B.
Job Control Language
Job Control Language (JCL) is a scripting language used on IBM mainframe systems to define and control batch jobs and their execution.
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C.
RPL programming language
RPL is a stack-based, reverse Polish Lisp-like programming language developed by Hewlett-Packard for its graphing calculators, combining features of RPN and structured programming.
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D.
Computer Command System
The Computer Command System is one of Voyager 2’s primary onboard computers, responsible for interpreting and executing commands sent from Earth to control the spacecraft’s operations.
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E.
CMDv
CMDv is the Coordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures – Veterinary, the European Union body that oversees the coordination of veterinary medicinal product authorisation procedures across member states.
- 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: DIGITAL Command Language Target entity description: DIGITAL Command Language is the primary command-line scripting and interaction language used on DEC's VMS operating systems for system control, file management, and automation.
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A.
Tool Command Language
Tool Command Language (Tcl) is a high-level, interpreted scripting language commonly used for rapid prototyping, scripting applications, and embedding into other programs, often alongside its Tk toolkit for building graphical user interfaces.
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B.
Job Control Language
Job Control Language (JCL) is a scripting language used on IBM mainframe systems to define and control batch jobs and their execution.
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C.
RPL programming language
RPL is a stack-based, reverse Polish Lisp-like programming language developed by Hewlett-Packard for its graphing calculators, combining features of RPN and structured programming.
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D.
Computer Command System
The Computer Command System is one of Voyager 2’s primary onboard computers, responsible for interpreting and executing commands sent from Earth to control the spacecraft’s operations.
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E.
CMDv
CMDv is the Coordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures – Veterinary, the European Union body that oversees the coordination of veterinary medicinal product authorisation procedures across member states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command language
ⓘ
command-line interpreter ⓘ scripting language ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DCL ⓘ |
| commandPrompt | $ ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Digital Equipment Corporation minicomputers
ⓘ
VMS system administration ⓘ |
| developer | Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .COM ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
command abbreviation
ⓘ
command line editing ⓘ command procedures with labels ⓘ command recall ⓘ context-sensitive help system ⓘ lexical functions ⓘ structured error status codes ⓘ symbolic variables ⓘ verb–qualifier–parameter syntax ⓘ |
| influenced |
OpenVMS system management practices
ⓘ
command languages on later DEC-derived systems ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
OpenVMS
ⓘ
linked to:
VMS operating system
RSTS/E ⓘ RSX-11 ⓘ VAX/VMS ⓘ
linked to:
VMS operating system
|
| primaryUse |
automation
ⓘ
file management ⓘ system control ⓘ |
| supports |
batch scripting
ⓘ
command parameters ⓘ command procedures ⓘ command qualifiers ⓘ conditional execution ⓘ error handling ⓘ image invocation ⓘ interactive command execution ⓘ logical names ⓘ loops ⓘ symbol substitution ⓘ |
| typicalCommand |
COPY
ⓘ
DELETE ⓘ DIRECTORY ⓘ RUN ⓘ SET ⓘ SHOW ⓘ TYPE ⓘ |
| typicalFileType | command procedure file ⓘ |
| usedBy |
application developers
ⓘ
end users of VMS systems ⓘ system administrators ⓘ |
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: DIGITAL Command Language Description of subject: DIGITAL Command Language is the primary command-line scripting and interaction language used on DEC's VMS operating systems for system control, file management, and automation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: DIGITAL Command Language