Dr. Dobb's Journal
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Dr. Dobb's Journal was an influential early magazine for computer programmers, known for its in-depth coverage of software development, programming languages, and open-source culture.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T477949 — 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: Dr. Dobb's Journal Context triple: [The GNU Manifesto, firstPublishedIn, Dr. Dobb's Journal]
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A.
IEEE Computer magazine
IEEE Computer magazine is a leading peer-reviewed publication that covers advances, trends, and research in computer science and engineering for professionals and academics worldwide.
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B.
Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM is a leading peer-reviewed magazine that publishes articles and research on computer science and information technology for the global computing community.
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C.
ACM Computing Surveys
ACM Computing Surveys is a leading peer-reviewed journal that publishes comprehensive, in-depth survey articles covering major areas of computer science and computing research.
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D.
IEEE Software
IEEE Software is a bimonthly peer-reviewed magazine that focuses on software engineering practice, bridging academic research and industry application for software professionals.
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E.
ACM Transactions series
The ACM Transactions series is a collection of peer-reviewed scholarly journals published by the Association for Computing Machinery, each focusing on a specific area of computer science and information technology research.
- 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: Dr. Dobb's Journal Target entity description: Dr. Dobb's Journal was an influential early magazine for computer programmers, known for its in-depth coverage of software development, programming languages, and open-source culture.
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A.
IEEE Computer magazine
IEEE Computer magazine is a leading peer-reviewed publication that covers advances, trends, and research in computer science and engineering for professionals and academics worldwide.
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B.
Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM is a leading peer-reviewed magazine that publishes articles and research on computer science and information technology for the global computing community.
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C.
ACM Computing Surveys
ACM Computing Surveys is a leading peer-reviewed journal that publishes comprehensive, in-depth survey articles covering major areas of computer science and computing research.
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D.
IEEE Software
IEEE Software is a bimonthly peer-reviewed magazine that focuses on software engineering practice, bridging academic research and industry application for software professionals.
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E.
ACM Transactions series
The ACM Transactions series is a collection of peer-reviewed scholarly journals published by the Association for Computing Machinery, each focusing on a specific area of computer science and information technology research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer magazine
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programming magazine ⓘ technical journal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dr. Dobb's Journal
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surface form:
Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools
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| associatedWith |
microcomputer revolution
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personal computing movement ⓘ |
| audience |
computer hobbyists
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professional programmers ⓘ software developers ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coveredTopic |
C
ⓘ
surface form:
C programming language
C++ ⓘ
surface form:
C++ programming language
Java ⓘ
surface form:
Java programming language
assembly language ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ operating systems ⓘ performance optimization ⓘ software architecture ⓘ software testing ⓘ |
| endPublicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| field |
computer programming
ⓘ
computer science ⓘ software development ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
algorithms
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microcomputer programming ⓘ open-source software ⓘ programming languages ⓘ software engineering ⓘ software tools ⓘ systems programming ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence |
Dr. Dobb's Journal
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dr. Dobb's Portal
|
| influenced |
software development community
ⓘ
technical computer journalism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
online
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coverage of early microcomputer software development
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in-depth technical articles for programmers ⓘ promotion of open-source and shareware culture ⓘ publishing source code with articles ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Dr. Dobb's Journal
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia
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| publicationFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| publisher |
CMP Media
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Miller Freeman, Inc. ⓘ UBM Tech ⓘ |
| reasonForNotability | one of the earliest magazines dedicated to microcomputer programming ⓘ |
| shortName |
Dr. Dobb's Journal
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dr. Dobb's
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| startPublicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dr. Dobb's Journal Description of subject: Dr. Dobb's Journal was an influential early magazine for computer programmers, known for its in-depth coverage of software development, programming languages, and open-source culture.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dr. Dobb’s Journal
this entity surface form:
Dr. Dobb’s Journal
this entity surface form:
Dr. Dobb’s Journal Excellence in Programming series
this entity surface form:
Dr. Dobb’s Journal magazine
this entity surface form:
Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia
this entity surface form:
Dr. Dobb's
this entity surface form:
Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools
this entity surface form:
Dr. Dobb's Portal
subject surface form:
Herb Sutter