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algorithm

Summary

algorithm ranks in the top 0.46% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,842 views/month, #358 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • algorithm's video is recorded as Sorting quicksort anim.gif[2].
  • algorithm's image is recorded as Euclid flowchart 1.png[3].
  • algorithm's image is recorded as Flowchart procedural programming.svg[4].
  • Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi is named after algorithm[5].
  • algorithm's GND ID is recorded as 4001183-5[6].
  • algorithm's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85003487[7].
  • algorithm's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119358199[8].
  • algorithm's subclass of is recorded as procedure[9].
  • algorithm's subclass of is recorded as work[10].
  • algorithm's subclass of is recorded as mathematical concept[11].
  • algorithm's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00560337[12].
  • algorithm's part of is recorded as computer science[13].
  • algorithm's part of is recorded as algorithmics[14].
  • algorithm's part of is recorded as mathematics[15].
  • algorithm's Commons category is recorded as Algorithms[16].
  • algorithm's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000465[17].
  • algorithm's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 21026[18].
  • algorithm's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jpv[19].
  • algorithm's MeSH tree code is recorded as G17.035[20].
  • algorithm's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.224.050[21].
  • algorithm's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph114026[22].
  • algorithm's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Algorithms[23].
  • algorithm's LEM ID is recorded as LEM201000339[24].
  • algorithm's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX527980[25].
  • algorithm's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300065585[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for algorithm include algorave[27], a music genre[28], founded in 2011[29]; Algolia[30], an organization[31], in France[32], founded in 2012[33], headquartered in Paris[34]; and Algoneer[35], a software[36].

Why It Matters

algorithm ranks in the top 0.46% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,842 views/month, #358 of 77,819).[1] algorithm has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] algorithm is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for algorithm include algorave[27], a music genre[28], founded in 2011[29]; Algolia[30], an organization[31], in France[32], founded in 2012[33], headquartered in Paris[34]; and Algoneer[35], a software[36].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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