DataView
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DataView is a low-level JavaScript interface that provides flexible, byte-level read and write access to the contents of an ArrayBuffer, supporting multiple numeric types and endianness.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ArrayBufferView | 1 |
| DataView canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10328666 — 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: DataView Context triple: [ReadableStreamBYOBReader, readsInto, DataView]
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A.
DataView
DataView is ML.NET’s core, schema-aware tabular data abstraction used to efficiently represent and process datasets for machine learning pipelines.
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B.
DataSet API
DataSet API is Apache Flink’s now-legacy batch processing API for defining and executing scalable, distributed data transformations.
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C.
Table View
Table View is a coastal suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, known for its beaches and panoramic views of Table Mountain.
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D.
IDataObject
IDataObject is a core COM interface used in OLE for transferring and managing data, particularly in clipboard and drag-and-drop operations on Windows.
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E.
Data
Data is an android Starfleet officer in Star Trek: The Next Generation, known for his quest to understand humanity and develop emotions.
- 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: DataView Target entity description: DataView is a low-level JavaScript interface that provides flexible, byte-level read and write access to the contents of an ArrayBuffer, supporting multiple numeric types and endianness.
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A.
DataView
DataView is ML.NET’s core, schema-aware tabular data abstraction used to efficiently represent and process datasets for machine learning pipelines.
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B.
DataSet API
DataSet API is Apache Flink’s now-legacy batch processing API for defining and executing scalable, distributed data transformations.
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C.
Table View
Table View is a coastal suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, known for its beaches and panoramic views of Table Mountain.
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D.
IDataObject
IDataObject is a core COM interface used in OLE for transferring and managing data, particularly in clipboard and drag-and-drop operations on Windows.
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E.
Data
Data is an android Starfleet officer in Star Trek: The Next Generation, known for his quest to understand humanity and develop emotions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
JavaScript built-in object
ⓘ
low-level binary data interface ⓘ |
| advantageOverTypedArray |
supports explicit endianness control
ⓘ
supports mixed numeric types in same buffer ⓘ |
| availableIn |
Node.js
ⓘ
web browsers ⓘ |
| category | binary data and buffers API ⓘ |
| constructorSignature | new DataView(buffer, byteOffset?, byteLength?) ⓘ |
| defaultEndianness | big-endian when littleEndian is not specified ⓘ |
| definedIn |
ECMAScript specification
ⓘ
linked to:
ECMAScript
|
| differsFrom | TypedArray ⓘ |
| hasParameter |
buffer
ⓘ
byteLength ⓘ byteOffset ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
ECMAScript 2015
ⓘ
linked to:
ECMAScript
|
| method |
getBigInt64
ⓘ
getBigUint64 ⓘ getFloat32 ⓘ getFloat64 ⓘ getInt16 ⓘ getInt32 ⓘ getInt8 ⓘ getUint16 ⓘ getUint32 ⓘ getUint8 ⓘ setBigInt64 ⓘ setBigUint64 ⓘ setFloat32 ⓘ setFloat64 ⓘ setInt16 ⓘ setInt32 ⓘ setInt8 ⓘ setUint16 ⓘ setUint32 ⓘ setUint8 ⓘ |
| methodSignature |
getBigInt64(byteOffset, littleEndian?)
ⓘ
getBigUint64(byteOffset, littleEndian?) ⓘ getFloat32(byteOffset, littleEndian?) ⓘ getFloat64(byteOffset, littleEndian?) ⓘ getInt16(byteOffset, littleEndian?) ⓘ getInt32(byteOffset, littleEndian?) ⓘ getInt8(byteOffset) ⓘ getUint16(byteOffset, littleEndian?) ⓘ getUint32(byteOffset, littleEndian?) ⓘ getUint8(byteOffset) ⓘ setBigInt64(byteOffset, value, littleEndian?) ⓘ setBigUint64(byteOffset, value, littleEndian?) ⓘ setFloat32(byteOffset, value, littleEndian?) ⓘ setFloat64(byteOffset, value, littleEndian?) ⓘ setInt16(byteOffset, value, littleEndian?) ⓘ setInt32(byteOffset, value, littleEndian?) ⓘ setInt8(byteOffset, value) ⓘ setUint16(byteOffset, value, littleEndian?) ⓘ setUint32(byteOffset, value, littleEndian?) ⓘ setUint8(byteOffset, value) ⓘ |
| namespace | global object in JavaScript ⓘ |
| property |
buffer
ⓘ
byteLength ⓘ byteOffset ⓘ |
| propertyType |
buffer: ArrayBuffer
ⓘ
byteLength: number ⓘ byteOffset: number ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo | ArrayBuffer ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ArrayBuffer
ⓘ
BigInt64Array ⓘ
linked to:
TypedArray
BigUint64Array ⓘ
linked to:
TypedArray
SharedArrayBuffer ⓘ TypedArray ⓘ |
| requires | ArrayBuffer instance as first argument ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
64-bit integers (BigInt) in modern engines
ⓘ
configurable endianness ⓘ floating-point numbers ⓘ signed integers ⓘ unsigned integers ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
byte-level read access
ⓘ
byte-level write access ⓘ multi-type numeric reads ⓘ multi-type numeric writes ⓘ random access to buffer contents ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interoperating with low-level binary APIs
ⓘ
parsing binary network protocols ⓘ reading and writing file formats in JavaScript ⓘ |
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: DataView Description of subject: DataView is a low-level JavaScript interface that provides flexible, byte-level read and write access to the contents of an ArrayBuffer, supporting multiple numeric types and endianness.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: DataView