C
E9269
C is a foundational, general-purpose programming language known for its efficiency, low-level memory access, and influence on many later languages such as C++, Java, and Python.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C canonical | 763 |
| C programming language | 35 |
| C89 | 5 |
| ANSI C | 3 |
| C (programming language) | 2 |
| C (in Linux kernel) | 1 |
| C (via Clang) | 1 |
| C API | 1 |
| C language | 1 |
| C* | 1 |
| C11 | 1 |
| The C Programming Language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94538 — 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: C Context triple: [Guido van Rossum, programmingLanguage, C]
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A.
.cl
.cl is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Chile for use on the internet.
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B.
CCC
The CCC, or Civilian Conservation Corps, was a New Deal work relief program in the United States during the 1930s and early 1940s that employed young men in conservation and public works projects such as reforestation, park development, and soil erosion control.
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C.
CUL
CUL is the main research library of the University of Cambridge and one of the largest and most important academic libraries in the United Kingdom.
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D.
COT
COT is the standard time observed in Colombia, corresponding to UTC−05:00 without daylight saving time.
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E.
SCC
SCC is the commonly used abbreviation for the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, an interdisciplinary hub for computing and AI research and education.
- 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: C Target entity description: C is a foundational, general-purpose programming language known for its efficiency, low-level memory access, and influence on many later languages such as C++, Java, and Python.
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A.
.cl
.cl is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Chile for use on the internet.
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B.
CCC
The CCC, or Civilian Conservation Corps, was a New Deal work relief program in the United States during the 1930s and early 1940s that employed young men in conservation and public works projects such as reforestation, park development, and soil erosion control.
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C.
CUL
CUL is the main research library of the University of Cambridge and one of the largest and most important academic libraries in the United Kingdom.
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D.
COT
COT is the standard time observed in Colombia, corresponding to UTC−05:00 without daylight saving time.
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E.
SCC
SCC is the commonly used abbreviation for the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, an interdisciplinary hub for computing and AI research and education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
general-purpose programming language
ⓘ
procedural programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedFor |
compilers
ⓘ
device drivers ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ high-performance applications ⓘ operating systems ⓘ |
| designedBy | Dennis Ritchie ⓘ |
| designedFor | system programming ⓘ |
| developedAt |
Bell Labs
ⓘ
linked to:
Bell Telephone Laboratories
|
| executionModel | compiled language ⓘ |
| firstAppeared | 1972 ⓘ |
| hasFileExtension | .c ⓘ |
| hasHeaderFileExtension | .h ⓘ |
| hasStandardLibrary | C standard library ⓘ |
| hasStandardVersion |
C11
ⓘ
C17 ⓘ C23 ⓘ C89 ⓘ
linked to:
C
C90 ⓘ C95 ⓘ C99 ⓘ
linked to:
ISO/IEC 9899
|
| influenced |
C#
ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
C++ ⓘ Go ⓘ Java ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ Objective-C ⓘ PHP ⓘ Perl ⓘ
linked to:
Ruby
Python ⓘ Rust ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
ALGOL 68
ⓘ
linked to:
Algol 68
B ⓘ BCPL ⓘ |
| memoryModel | manual allocation and deallocation ⓘ |
| paradigm |
imperative programming
ⓘ
structured programming ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
ANSI
ⓘ
ISO ⓘ |
| standardName | ISO/IEC 9899 ⓘ |
| supports |
arrays
ⓘ
bitwise operations ⓘ enumerations ⓘ function pointers ⓘ functions ⓘ low-level memory access ⓘ macros ⓘ manual memory management ⓘ pointer arithmetic ⓘ preprocessor directives ⓘ procedures ⓘ recursion ⓘ structs ⓘ structured control flow ⓘ structured data types ⓘ unions ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline |
manifest typing
ⓘ
static typing ⓘ weak typing ⓘ |
| usedToImplement |
Unix operating system
ⓘ
linked to:
Unix
many modern programming language runtimes ⓘ |
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: C Description of subject: C is a foundational, general-purpose programming language known for its efficiency, low-level memory access, and influence on many later languages such as C++, Java, and Python.
Referenced by (815)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: C
subject linked to:
Python reference implementation (CPython)
linked to: C
linked to: C
linked to: C
subject linked to:
Arena web browser
linked to: C