TeX82
E1008097
TeX82 is the stable, widely adopted version of Donald Knuth’s TeX typesetting system that became the de facto standard for digital typography and mathematical publishing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TeX82 canonical | 1 |
| TeX82 engine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12899275 — 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: TeX82 Context triple: [e-TeX, isBackwardCompatibleWith, TeX82]
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A.
XeTeX
XeTeX is an extension of the TeX typesetting system that natively supports Unicode and modern font technologies like OpenType, enabling high-quality multilingual and typographically advanced document production.
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B.
TeX: The Program
TeX: The Program is Donald Knuth’s companion volume to The TeXbook, presenting the complete, literate-programming source code and detailed commentary for the TeX typesetting system.
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C.
e-TeX
e-TeX is an extended version of the TeX typesetting engine that adds enhanced programming features and capabilities while remaining largely compatible with standard TeX.
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D.
upTeX
upTeX is a Japanese-enabled TeX engine that extends pTeX with full Unicode support for typesetting multilingual documents, especially those containing Japanese text.
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E.
The TeXbook
The TeXbook is Donald Knuth’s authoritative manual and tutorial on the TeX typesetting system, widely regarded as the definitive reference for learning and using TeX.
- 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: TeX82 Target entity description: TeX82 is the stable, widely adopted version of Donald Knuth’s TeX typesetting system that became the de facto standard for digital typography and mathematical publishing.
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A.
XeTeX
XeTeX is an extension of the TeX typesetting system that natively supports Unicode and modern font technologies like OpenType, enabling high-quality multilingual and typographically advanced document production.
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B.
TeX: The Program
TeX: The Program is Donald Knuth’s companion volume to The TeXbook, presenting the complete, literate-programming source code and detailed commentary for the TeX typesetting system.
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C.
e-TeX
e-TeX is an extended version of the TeX typesetting engine that adds enhanced programming features and capabilities while remaining largely compatible with standard TeX.
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D.
upTeX
upTeX is a Japanese-enabled TeX engine that extends pTeX with full Unicode support for typesetting multilingual documents, especially those containing Japanese text.
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E.
The TeXbook
The TeXbook is Donald Knuth’s authoritative manual and tutorial on the TeX typesetting system, widely regarded as the definitive reference for learning and using TeX.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
TeX implementation
ⓘ
software ⓘ typesetting system ⓘ |
| basedOn | TeX ⓘ |
| bugPolicy | only bug fixes allowed ⓘ |
| creator |
Donald Knuth
ⓘ
linked to:
Donald E. Knuth
|
| deFactoStandardFor |
academic typesetting
ⓘ
digital mathematical typography ⓘ |
| designGoal |
high‑quality digital typography
ⓘ
precise mathematical typesetting ⓘ stable and unchanging typesetting system ⓘ |
| developer |
Donald Knuth
ⓘ
linked to:
Donald E. Knuth
|
| distribution |
MacTeX
ⓘ
MiKTeX ⓘ TeX Live ⓘ |
| fileFormatProduced | DVI ⓘ |
| follows | TeX78 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
TeX82 engine
ⓘ
linked to:
TeX82
font metric handling ⓘ macro language ⓘ |
| implementationLanguage | Pascal ⓘ |
| inception | 1982 ⓘ |
| influenced |
AMS‑TeX
ⓘ
linked to:
plain TeX
ConTeXt ⓘ LaTeX ⓘ LuaTeX ⓘ Plain TeX ⓘ
linked to:
plain TeX
XeTeX ⓘ pdfTeX ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
TeX family
ⓘ
linked to:
TeX typesetting system
|
| license | Knuth license ⓘ |
| licenseCondition | program name must not change for modified versions ⓘ |
| notableFeature | machine‑independent DVI output format ⓘ |
| platform | cross‑platform ⓘ |
| predecessor | TeX78 ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | WEB ⓘ |
| stableRelease | 1989 ⓘ |
| status | frozen ⓘ |
| supports |
hyphenation
ⓘ
line breaking algorithm ⓘ macro expansion ⓘ mathematical formulas ⓘ page breaking algorithm ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
mathematical typesetting
ⓘ
scientific publishing ⓘ technical documentation ⓘ |
| uses |
Knuth–Liang hyphenation algorithm
ⓘ
Knuth–Plass line breaking algorithm ⓘ PK bitmap fonts ⓘ TFM font metric files ⓘ |
| versioningPolicy | version number approaches π ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: TeX82 Description of subject: TeX82 is the stable, widely adopted version of Donald Knuth’s TeX typesetting system that became the de facto standard for digital typography and mathematical publishing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.