Apache Kafka

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Apache Kafka is a software application established on November 7, 2010[1].

Apache Kafka

Summary

Apache Kafka is a message-oriented middleware[1]. It draws 532 Wikipedia views per month (message_oriented_middleware category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Apache Kafka is the creator of Neha Narkhede[3].
  • Apache Kafka's video is recorded as What is Apache Kafka.webm[4].
  • Apache Kafka's instance of is recorded as message-oriented middleware[5].
  • Apache Kafka's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • Apache Software Foundation is named after Apache Kafka[7].
  • Franz Kafka is named after Apache Kafka[8].
  • Apache Kafka's logo image is recorded as Apache Kafka logo.svg[9].
  • Apache Kafka's developer is recorded as Apache Software Foundation[10].
  • Apache Kafka's developer is recorded as LinkedIn[11].
  • Apache Kafka's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17144723p[12].
  • Apache Kafka's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[13].
  • Apache Kafka's programmed in is recorded as Java[14].
  • Apache Kafka's programmed in is recorded as Scala[15].
  • Apache Kafka's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[16].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.1.1[17].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.2.1[18].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 0.10.2.0[19].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 0.10.2.1[20].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 0.11.0.1[21].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.0[22].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.0[23].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.0[24].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.1[25].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.1.0[26].
  • Apache Kafka's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.2.0[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include message-oriented middleware[5] and free software[6].

History and Context

Things named after include Apache Software Foundation[7], a foundation[28], in United States[29], founded in 1999[30], headquartered in Forest Hill[31] and Franz Kafka[8], a novelist[32], 1883–1924[33], of Cisleithania[34], specialised in literature[35].

Why It Matters

Apache Kafka draws 532 Wikipedia views per month (message_oriented_middleware category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . projects.apache.org. Retrieved . projects.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . kafka.apache.org. Retrieved . kafka.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . issues.apache.org. Retrieved . issues.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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