compiler

computer program that transforms source code into object code
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compiler

Summary

compiler is a software category[1]. compiler ranks in the top 2% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,274 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • compiler's image is recorded as Compiler.svg[3].
  • compiler's instance of is recorded as software category[4].
  • compiler's GND ID is recorded as 4148248-7[5].
  • compiler's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86007588[6].
  • compiler's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120631538[7].
  • compiler's subclass of is recorded as build tool[8].
  • compiler's subclass of is recorded as implementation of a programming language[9].
  • compiler's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01191219[10].
  • compiler's has use is recorded as compilation[11].
  • compiler's Commons category is recorded as Compilers[12].
  • compiler's opposite of is recorded as decompiler[13].
  • compiler's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 2330[14].
  • compiler's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01r0b[15].
  • compiler's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph316225[16].
  • compiler's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Compilers[17].
  • compiler's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX532454[18].
  • compiler's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 005.453[19].
  • compiler's PSH ID is recorded as 12469[20].
  • compiler's product or material produced is recorded as object code[21].
  • compiler's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0170217[22].
  • compiler's described by source is recorded as University of Rochester Department of Computer Science[23].
  • compiler's described by source is recorded as Xavier Leroy[24].
  • compiler's described by source is recorded as Department of Computer Science at the University of Oregon[25].
  • compiler's described by source is recorded as KC Sivaramakrishnan[26].
  • compiler's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/compiler[27].

Why It Matters

compiler ranks in the top 2% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,274 views/month).[2] compiler has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] compiler is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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