How JavaScript Works
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"How JavaScript Works" is a technical book by Douglas Crockford that explores the inner mechanics, design decisions, and quirks of the JavaScript language for experienced developers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| How JavaScript Works canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8756060 — 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: How JavaScript Works Context triple: [Douglas Crockford, notableWork, How JavaScript Works]
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A.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language primarily used to create interactive and dynamic content on web pages.
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B.
ECMAScript
ECMAScript is the official scripting language specification that defines the core features and behavior implemented by JavaScript and related languages.
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C.
Rhino JavaScript engine
Rhino JavaScript engine is an open-source JavaScript implementation written in Java that runs on the JVM and is used to execute JavaScript code within Java-based environments.
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D.
JS
JS is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States military’s Joint Staff, which assists the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in strategic planning and coordination among the armed services.
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E.
Hermes JavaScript engine
Hermes JavaScript engine is a lightweight, high-performance JavaScript engine optimized for running React Native applications on mobile devices.
- 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: How JavaScript Works Target entity description: "How JavaScript Works" is a technical book by Douglas Crockford that explores the inner mechanics, design decisions, and quirks of the JavaScript language for experienced developers.
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A.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language primarily used to create interactive and dynamic content on web pages.
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B.
ECMAScript
ECMAScript is the official scripting language specification that defines the core features and behavior implemented by JavaScript and related languages.
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C.
Rhino JavaScript engine
Rhino JavaScript engine is an open-source JavaScript implementation written in Java that runs on the JVM and is used to execute JavaScript code within Java-based environments.
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D.
JS
JS is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States military’s Joint Staff, which assists the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in strategic planning and coordination among the armed services.
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E.
Hermes JavaScript engine
Hermes JavaScript engine is a lightweight, high-performance JavaScript engine optimized for running React Native applications on mobile devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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technical book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
deepen understanding of JavaScript internals
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help developers reason about JavaScript behavior ⓘ |
| author | Douglas Crockford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explains |
JavaScript asynchronous behavior
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JavaScript closures ⓘ JavaScript concurrency model ⓘ JavaScript error handling ⓘ JavaScript event loop NERFINISHED ⓘ JavaScript execution model ⓘ JavaScript functions ⓘ JavaScript inheritance model ⓘ JavaScript modules ⓘ JavaScript object model ⓘ JavaScript performance considerations ⓘ JavaScript prototypes ⓘ JavaScript scoping rules ⓘ JavaScript security concerns ⓘ JavaScript type system ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
JavaScript implementation details
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JavaScript language semantics ⓘ JavaScript runtime behavior ⓘ design decisions of JavaScript ⓘ inner mechanics of JavaScript ⓘ quirks of JavaScript ⓘ |
| genre |
software engineering literature
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technical literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical analysis of JavaScript design
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expert-level explanation of JavaScript ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
JavaScript
NERFINISHED
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programming languages ⓘ software development ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
ECMAScript specification
NERFINISHED
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dynamic typing ⓘ functional programming in JavaScript ⓘ imperative programming in JavaScript ⓘ prototype-based programming ⓘ |
| relatedPerson | Brendan Eich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | JavaScript: The Good Parts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
JavaScript programmers
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experienced developers ⓘ |
| teaches |
best practices for using JavaScript
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how to avoid JavaScript pitfalls ⓘ how to write reliable JavaScript code ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: How JavaScript Works Description of subject: "How JavaScript Works" is a technical book by Douglas Crockford that explores the inner mechanics, design decisions, and quirks of the JavaScript language for experienced developers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.