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Addison-Wesley

American publisher of textbooks and computer literature
Organization publishing_house Q353060
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Addison-Wesley

Summary

Addison-Wesley is a publishing house[1]. Addison-Wesley ranks in the top 8% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (990 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Addison-Wesley is in the country of United States[3].
  • Addison-Wesley's instance of is recorded as publishing house[4].
  • Addison-Wesley's instance of is recorded as book publisher[5].
  • Addison-Wesley's headquarters location is recorded as Boston[6].
  • Addison-Wesley's industry is recorded as book publisher[7].
  • 1942 marks the founding of Addison-Wesley[8].
  • Addison-Wesley's official website is recorded as http://www.informit.com/imprint/index.aspx?st=61085[9].
  • Addison-Wesley's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Addison-Wesley[10].
  • Addison-Wesley's product or material produced is recorded as software[11].
  • Addison-Wesley's described by source is recorded as Oxford Companion to the Book (First Edition)[12].
  • Addison-Wesley's has works in the collection is recorded as Anne Frank House[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Country: US[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 82e200ef-dfa7-4ef5-b614-c69f1acf9895[15]

Body

Founding

1942 marks the founding of Addison-Wesley[8].

Operations

Addison-Wesley's headquarters location is recorded as Boston[6].

Industry

Addison-Wesley's industry is recorded as book publisher[7].

Ownership

Addison-Wesley's product or material produced is recorded as software[11].

Why It Matters

Addison-Wesley ranks in the top 8% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (990 views/month).[2] Addison-Wesley has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Addison-Wesley is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

publishing house software United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Zyksnowy · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Anne Frank House
    Industry → book publisher
    Aliases → —
    Country → United States
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3035]]: 978-0-13"
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