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GUID Partition Table

First in use: c. 2000
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Generative pre-trained transformer

First in use: c. 2018

GPT / GUID Partition Table / Generative pre-trained transformer

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Disk partitioning scheme vs. OpenAI's model family.

Which meaning of GPT is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? GUID Partition Table came first (c. 2000). Generative pre-trained transformer arrived in 2018. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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GUID Partition Table

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Duplicate · c. 2018

Generative pre-trained transformer

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