Word origin · etymology
Descriptive software compound.
Backend names the calculation machinery behind the interface; flag is a software marker identifying a mode or condition.
How we know · epistemology
Computational provenance
Returned flags record how software actually produced a result. They can reveal substitutions and correction choices, but a matching flag alone does not independently test numerical accuracy.
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Sources & provenance
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