Data General Eclipse
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The Data General Eclipse was a popular 16-bit minicomputer line introduced in the 1970s, known for its use in business, industrial, and scientific computing environments.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Data General Eclipse canonical | 3 |
| Data General Eclipse MV | 2 |
| Data General Eclipse MV series | 1 |
| Data General Eclipse series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9532837 — 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: Data General Eclipse Context triple: [Data General, notableProduct, Data General Eclipse]
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A.
Eclipse
Eclipse is a widely used open-source integrated development environment (IDE) primarily for Java and other programming languages, known for its extensible plugin-based architecture.
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B.
Eclipse
Eclipse was an 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse whose dominance on the track made him one of the most influential sires in the history of horse racing.
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C.
Eclipse
"Eclipse" is a studio album by the Filipino rock band Journey, best known as the second record to feature lead vocalist Arnel Pineda and for its heavier, guitar-driven sound.
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D.
Eclipse
Eclipse is the third novel in Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight Saga, continuing the supernatural romance and conflict between Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black.
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E.
Eclipse
Eclipse is a brand of sugar-free chewing gum and mints produced by the Wrigley Company, known for its strong breath-freshening properties.
- 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: Data General Eclipse Target entity description: The Data General Eclipse was a popular 16-bit minicomputer line introduced in the 1970s, known for its use in business, industrial, and scientific computing environments.
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A.
Eclipse
Eclipse is a widely used open-source integrated development environment (IDE) primarily for Java and other programming languages, known for its extensible plugin-based architecture.
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B.
Eclipse
"Eclipse" is a studio album by the Filipino rock band Journey, best known as the second record to feature lead vocalist Arnel Pineda and for its heavier, guitar-driven sound.
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C.
Eclipse
Eclipse was an 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse whose dominance on the track made him one of the most influential sires in the history of horse racing.
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D.
Eclipse
"Eclipse" is a multi-part suite by the progressive rock band Yes, featured as a section within their epic composition "And You and I" from the 1972 album Close to the Edge.
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E.
Eclipse
Eclipse is the third novel in Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight Saga, continuing the supernatural romance and conflict between Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16-bit computer system
ⓘ
minicomputer line ⓘ |
| architecture | 16-bit ⓘ |
| busArchitecture | proprietary Data General bus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| discontinuedInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| era | third generation minicomputers ⓘ |
| formFactor |
cabinet system
ⓘ
rack-mounted system ⓘ |
| hasModel |
Eclipse MV/8000 (Eagle)
ⓘ
Eclipse S/130 ⓘ Eclipse S/140 ⓘ Eclipse S/200 ⓘ Eclipse S/230 ⓘ Eclipse S/250 ⓘ Eclipse S/280 ⓘ |
| influenced | Data General MV/8000 design ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Data General Corporation ⓘ |
| marketedAs | general-purpose minicomputer ⓘ |
| marketPosition |
competitor to DEC PDP-11
ⓘ
competitor to HP 21MX series ⓘ |
| notableFor |
multi-user time-sharing capability
ⓘ
rugged industrial configurations ⓘ virtual memory support in some models ⓘ wide third-party software support ⓘ |
| notableIn | history of minicomputers ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
AOS
ⓘ
linked to:
AOS and AOS/VS operating systems
AOS/VS ⓘ
linked to:
AOS and AOS/VS operating systems
DG-UX (on later Eclipse-based systems) ⓘ
linked to:
DG/UX UNIX operating system
RDOS ⓘ RTOS ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Data General Nova
ⓘ
linked to:
Data General
|
| programmingLanguage |
Assembler
ⓘ
BASIC ⓘ COBOL ⓘ FORTRAN ⓘ
linked to:
Fortran
PL/I (via compilers) ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
Data General AViiON (architectural successor line)
ⓘ
Data General Eclipse MV series ⓘ
linked to:
Data General Eclipse
|
| supports |
multi-tasking
ⓘ
multi-user operation ⓘ real-time processing ⓘ time-sharing ⓘ |
| typicalInputOutput |
card readers (on some installations)
ⓘ
line printers ⓘ serial terminals ⓘ |
| typicalStorage |
magnetic disk drives
ⓘ
magnetic tape drives ⓘ |
| usedIn |
business computing
ⓘ
commercial data processing ⓘ industrial control ⓘ laboratory automation ⓘ process control ⓘ real-time applications ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| wordSize | 16-bit ⓘ |
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: Data General Eclipse Description of subject: The Data General Eclipse was a popular 16-bit minicomputer line introduced in the 1970s, known for its use in business, industrial, and scientific computing environments.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Data General Eclipse
linked to: Data General Eclipse
linked to: Data General Eclipse
subject linked to:
DG/UX UNIX operating system
linked to: Data General Eclipse