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Writer's Workbench

The Writer's Workbench (wwb) is a grammar checker created by Lorinda Cherry and Nina Macdonald of Bell Labs. It is perhaps the earliest grammar checker to receive wide usage on Unix systems.

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Available in
English
Developer
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Operating system
Unix
Original authors
Lorinda Cherry, Nina Macdonald
Type
Grammar checker

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Writer's Workbench

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples6
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

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Writer's Workbench

Top relations

Available in · 1
Writer's Workbench → English
Developer · 1
Writer's Workbench → AT&T Bell Laboratories
Operating system · 1
Writer's Workbench → Unix
Original authors · 1
Writer's Workbench → Lorinda Cherry, Nina Macdonald
Type · 1
Writer's Workbench → Grammar checker
related to Capabilities · 1
Writer's Workbench → The Writer's Workbench

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Important terminology

wwb unix workbench grammar checker writer's utilities package lorinda cherry nina macdonald bell 1980s wide successors gnu operating system available

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Writer's WorkbenchAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
Writer's WorkbenchDeveloperAT&T Bell Laboratories1.00infobox
Writer's WorkbenchOperating systemUnix1.00infobox
Writer's WorkbenchOriginal authorsLorinda Cherry, Nina Macdonald1.00infobox
Writer's WorkbenchTypeGrammar checker1.00infobox
Writer's Workbenchrelated to CapabilitiesThe Writer's Workbench0.60section

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