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adns

asynchronous DNS client library and utilities
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adns

Summary

adns is a software library[1]. adns draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (software_library category, ranking #74 of 200).[2]

Key Facts

  • adns's instance of is recorded as software library[3].
  • adns's instance of is recorded as utility software[4].
  • adns's instance of is recorded as GNU package[5].
  • adns's maintained by is recorded as Ian Jackson[6].
  • adns's logo image is recorded as Official gnu.svg[7].
  • adns's developer is recorded as Ian Jackson[8].
  • adns's developer is recorded as GNU Project[9].
  • adns's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[10].
  • adns's copyright license is recorded as GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later[11].
  • adns's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[12].
  • adns's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[13].
  • adns's operating system is recorded as BSD[14].
  • adns's operating system is recorded as macOS[15].
  • adns's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[16].
  • adns's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4[17].
  • adns's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5.1[18].
  • adns's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5.2[19].
  • adns's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.0[20].
  • adns's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.1[21].
  • adns's part of is recorded as GNU Project[22].
  • adns's has use is recorded as DNS resolver[23].
  • adns's has use is recorded as DNS lookups[24].
  • adns's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010fflqq[25].
  • adns's official website is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/adns/[26].
  • adns's source code repository URL is recorded as https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git/adns.git/[27].

Body

Geography

adns's part of is recorded as GNU Project[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include software library[3], utility software[4], and GNU package[5].

Why It Matters

adns draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (software_library category, ranking #74 of 200).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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