Programming and the Computer
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"Programming and the Computer" is a seminal work by computer scientist Maurice Wilkes that helped shape early thinking about computer programming and its practical applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Programming and the Computer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11100828 — 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: Programming and the Computer Context triple: [Maurice Wilkes, notableWork, Programming and the Computer]
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A.
The Science of Computing
"The Science of Computing" is a foundational work by Peter J. Denning that explores the principles, theory, and practice underlying computer science as a scientific discipline.
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B.
Computing as a Discipline
"Computing as a Discipline" is a seminal 1989 paper by Peter J. Denning that systematically defined the intellectual structure and core subfields of computer science as an academic discipline.
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C.
Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles of computer science and electrical engineering to design, analyze, and implement computing systems, software, and hardware.
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D.
“Computing: A Human Activity”
“Computing: A Human Activity” is a collection of essays by computer scientist Peter Naur that explores computing as a human-centered, theory-building activity rather than a purely formal or mathematical discipline.
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E.
Computer
Computer is a monthly peer-reviewed magazine published by the IEEE Computer Society that covers advances, trends, and research in computing and information technology.
- 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: Programming and the Computer Target entity description: "Programming and the Computer" is a seminal work by computer scientist Maurice Wilkes that helped shape early thinking about computer programming and its practical applications.
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A.
The Science of Computing
"The Science of Computing" is a foundational work by Peter J. Denning that explores the principles, theory, and practice underlying computer science as a scientific discipline.
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B.
Computing as a Discipline
"Computing as a Discipline" is a seminal 1989 paper by Peter J. Denning that systematically defined the intellectual structure and core subfields of computer science as an academic discipline.
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C.
Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles of computer science and electrical engineering to design, analyze, and implement computing systems, software, and hardware.
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D.
“Computing: A Human Activity”
“Computing: A Human Activity” is a collection of essays by computer scientist Peter Naur that explores computing as a human-centered, theory-building activity rather than a purely formal or mathematical discipline.
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E.
Computer
Computer is a monthly peer-reviewed magazine published by the IEEE Computer Society that covers advances, trends, and research in computing and information technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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computer scientist ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author |
Maurice Vincent Wilkes
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linked to:
Maurice Wilkes
Maurice Wilkes ⓘ |
| describedBySource | seminal work that helped shape early thinking about computer programming and its practical applications ⓘ |
| field | computer science ⓘ |
| genre |
computer science literature
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technical literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession | computer scientist ⓘ |
| influenced |
early thinking about computer programming
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practical applications of computers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
computer programming
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computers ⓘ practical applications of computers ⓘ software development ⓘ |
| notableWork | Programming and the Computer ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Maurice Wilkes ⓘ |
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: Programming and the Computer Description of subject: "Programming and the Computer" is a seminal work by computer scientist Maurice Wilkes that helped shape early thinking about computer programming and its practical applications.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Programming and the Computer