Wikipedia's topic entry on the compiler, its definition, and its account of Grace Hopper's team coining the term for the A-0 system in 1952, while noting that A-0 worked more like a loader and linker than a full compiler by later standards.
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for an uncontested topic definition and its own qualification of the A-0 system's status as a compiler by later standards. Sources
Compiler (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Concepts, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 3 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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