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Apache Ant

software tool for automating software build processes
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Apache Ant is a software application established on July 19, 2000[1].

Apache Ant

Summary

Apache Ant is a Java software library[1]. It draws 160 Wikipedia views per month (java_software_library category, ranking #7 of 48).[2]

Key Facts

  • Apache Ant's instance of is recorded as Java software library[3].
  • Apache Ant's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Apache Ant's instance of is recorded as interpreted language[5].
  • Apache Ant's instance of is recorded as build system[6].
  • Apache Ant's instance of is recorded as Apache Software Foundation project[7].
  • Apache Ant's developer is recorded as Apache Software Foundation[8].
  • Apache Ant's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[9].
  • Apache Ant's programmed in is recorded as Java[10].
  • Apache Ant's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[11].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.3[12].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.5[13].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.6[14].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.7[15].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.9[16].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.3[17].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.5[18].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.6[19].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.7[20].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.8[21].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.9[22].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.10[23].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.11[24].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.12[25].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.13[26].
  • Apache Ant's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.14[27].

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Founding

July 19, 2000 marks the founding of Apache Ant[28].

Why It Matters

Apache Ant draws 160 Wikipedia views per month (java_software_library category, ranking #7 of 48).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

cross-platform free software interpreted language Java Java virtual machine

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] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ant.apache.org. ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ant.apache.org. ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ant.apache.org. Retrieved . ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ant.apache.org. ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ant.apache.org. ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ant.apache.org. Retrieved . ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ant.apache.org. Retrieved . ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . git-wip-us.apache.org. Retrieved . git-wip-us.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ant.apache.org. ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . mail-archives.apache.org. Retrieved . mail-archives.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . mail-archives.apache.org. Retrieved . mail-archives.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . mail-archives.apache.org. Retrieved . mail-archives.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ant.apache.org. Retrieved . ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ant.apache.org. Retrieved . ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . lists.apache.org. Retrieved . lists.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . ant.apache.org. Retrieved . ant.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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