WAITS
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WAITS was an influential time-sharing operating system developed at Stanford University for the DEC PDP-10, notable for its advanced interactive computing and research-oriented features in the 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WAITS canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9728894 — 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: WAITS Context triple: [DECsystem-10, operatingSystem, WAITS]
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A.
Waits
Waits is the surname of American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and eclectic, experimental style.
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B.
Wait
"Wait" is a song by the Beatles, featured on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.
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C.
Wait
Wait is a given name historically used in English-speaking contexts, notably in early colonial America.
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D.
The Wait
"The Wait" is a 1964 mixed-media assemblage sculpture by American artist Ed Kienholz that presents a haunting, life-sized tableau critiquing mortality, memory, and social decay.
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E.
While We Wait
"While We Wait" is a 2019 R&B mixtape by American singer Kehlani, known for its intimate songwriting and smooth, soulful production.
- 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: WAITS Target entity description: WAITS was an influential time-sharing operating system developed at Stanford University for the DEC PDP-10, notable for its advanced interactive computing and research-oriented features in the 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Waits
Waits is the surname of American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and eclectic, experimental style.
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B.
Wait
"Wait" is a song by the Beatles, featured on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.
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C.
Wait
Wait is a given name historically used in English-speaking contexts, notably in early colonial America.
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D.
The Wait
"The Wait" is a 1964 mixed-media assemblage sculpture by American artist Ed Kienholz that presents a haunting, life-sized tableau critiquing mortality, memory, and social decay.
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E.
While We Wait
"While We Wait" is a 2019 R&B mixtape by American singer Kehlani, known for its intimate songwriting and smooth, soulful production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
operating system
ⓘ
time-sharing operating system ⓘ |
| basedOn | TOPS-10 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer |
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ |
| feature |
command-line interface
ⓘ
debugging facilities ⓘ device drivers for various terminals ⓘ file system with hierarchical organization ⓘ job control facilities ⓘ process scheduling ⓘ program development tools ⓘ system-wide text editors ⓘ virtual memory support (on later PDP-10 models) ⓘ |
| hardwarePlatform |
DEC PDP-10 KA10
ⓘ
linked to:
PDP-10
DEC PDP-10 KI10 ⓘ
linked to:
PDP-10
DEC PDP-10 KL10 ⓘ
linked to:
PDP-10
|
| historicalSignificance |
important example of 1970s time-sharing systems
ⓘ
influential in the development of interactive computing at universities ⓘ |
| influenced |
later interactive computing environments
ⓘ
time-sharing system design ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Project MAC timesharing system
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linked to:
MIT Project MAC
|
| languageOfImplementation | assembly language for PDP-10 ⓘ |
| mainInstitution |
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
ⓘ
Stanford University Computer Science Department ⓘ
linked to:
Stanford Computer Science Department
|
| notableFor |
advanced interactive computing
ⓘ
extensive debugging tools ⓘ multi-user time-sharing ⓘ powerful terminal support ⓘ research-oriented features ⓘ rich text-editing facilities ⓘ support for artificial intelligence research ⓘ support for computer music research ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFor |
DEC PDP-10
ⓘ
linked to:
PDP-10
|
| supports |
batch and interactive jobs
ⓘ
file sharing among users ⓘ interactive programming ⓘ multiple simultaneous users ⓘ networked terminals ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
artificial intelligence research
ⓘ
computer music composition and research ⓘ general academic computing ⓘ software development ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
ⓘ
Stanford University campus computing ⓘ
linked to:
Stanford University SUN workstation designs
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: WAITS Description of subject: WAITS was an influential time-sharing operating system developed at Stanford University for the DEC PDP-10, notable for its advanced interactive computing and research-oriented features in the 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.