IEEE Xplore — Academic & Engineering Articles
If you are a student or researcher, you likely mean IEEE Xplore. This is one of the world's largest digital libraries for computer science and electrical engineering.
The "XPL" link: In many academic citations, the URL starts with ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/....
Content: It contains over 5 million documents, including journals, conference papers, and technical standards.
How to search: You can search by DOI or keywords to find specific peer-reviewed articles on topics like AI, robotics, or hardware.
3. XPL — The Programming Language
In a historical or computer science context, XPL is a derivative of PL/I used for writing compilers.
Origin: Developed in 1967 at Stanford to teach compiler design.
Significance: It is the basis for the "Translator Writing System."
Classic Paper: The definitive article/book is A Compiler Generator (often called "The Orange