LLD linker
E292709
LLD linker is LLVM’s high-performance, modern linker designed as a faster, drop-in replacement for traditional system linkers across multiple platforms.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LLD linker canonical | 2 |
| ELF linker | 1 |
| GNU ld | 1 |
| LLVM linker lld | 1 |
| Mach-O linker | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2716439 — 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: LLD linker Context triple: [LLVM, hasComponent, LLD linker]
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A.
LDF
LDF is a prominent U.S. civil rights law organization that litigates and advocates to advance racial justice and equality, particularly for African Americans.
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B.
LCC
LCC is a comprehensive library classification system developed by the Library of Congress to organize and arrange books and other materials by subject.
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C.
Link 2 Line
Link 2 Line is a light rail service in the Seattle metropolitan area that connects key neighborhoods and suburbs as part of the Sound Transit Link system.
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D.
LDP
LDP is a common abbreviation for the Liberal Democratic Party, a major political party name used in several countries, most prominently Japan.
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E.
Lundin Links
Lundin Links is a small village in Fife, Scotland, known for its historic golf course and standing stones.
- 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: LLD linker Target entity description: LLD linker is LLVM’s high-performance, modern linker designed as a faster, drop-in replacement for traditional system linkers across multiple platforms.
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A.
LDF
LDF is a prominent U.S. civil rights law organization that litigates and advocates to advance racial justice and equality, particularly for African Americans.
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B.
LCC
LCC is a comprehensive library classification system developed by the Library of Congress to organize and arrange books and other materials by subject.
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C.
Link 2 Line
Link 2 Line is a light rail service in the Seattle metropolitan area that connects key neighborhoods and suburbs as part of the Sound Transit Link system.
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D.
LDP
LDP is a common abbreviation for the Liberal Democratic Party, a major political party name used in several countries, most prominently Japan.
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E.
Lundin Links
Lundin Links is a small village in Fife, Scotland, known for its historic golf course and standing stones.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LLVM subproject
ⓘ
linker ⓘ software tool ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Clang
ⓘ
GNU Compiler Collection ⓘ
surface form:
GCC
GNU Binutils ⓘ
surface form:
GNU ld
gold linker ⓘ |
| component |
COFF linker
ⓘ
LLD linker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
ELF linker
LLD linker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mach-O linker
Wasm linker ⓘ |
| designGoal |
cross-platform support
ⓘ
drop-in replacement for traditional system linkers ⓘ fast link times ⓘ |
| developer |
LLVM
ⓘ
surface form:
LLVM Project
LLVM ⓘ
surface form:
LLVM community
|
| distribution | LLVM releases ⓘ |
| feature |
debug information handling
ⓘ
incremental linking (on some targets) ⓘ link-time optimization support ⓘ linker script support (ELF) ⓘ thinLTO support ⓘ |
| fullName | LLD linker self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| license | Apache License 2.0 with LLVM exceptions ⓘ |
| partOf | LLVM ⓘ |
| primaryGoal | high-performance linking ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| replaces |
LLD linker
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU ld
gold linker ⓘ platform system linkers ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
ARMv8-A
ⓘ
surface form:
AArch64
ARM ⓘ RISC-V ⓘ x86 ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
COFF
ⓘ
ELF ⓘ Mach-O binary format ⓘ
surface form:
Mach-O
WebAssembly specification ⓘ
surface form:
Wasm
|
| supportsPlatform |
FreeBSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| useCase |
linking C and C++ programs
ⓘ
linking LLVM-based language toolchains ⓘ linking Rust programs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Clang-based build systems
ⓘ
LLVM-based toolchains ⓘ |
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: LLD linker Description of subject: LLD linker is LLVM’s high-performance, modern linker designed as a faster, drop-in replacement for traditional system linkers across multiple platforms.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
LLD
subject surface form:
LLD
this entity surface form:
ELF linker
subject surface form:
LLD
this entity surface form:
Mach-O linker
subject surface form:
LLD
this entity surface form:
GNU ld
this entity surface form:
LLVM linker lld