application

software program or group of programs designed for end-users
class software_category Q166142
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Summary

application is a software category[1]. application ranks in the top 2% of software category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,773 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: software[3], creative work[4]
  • Commons category: Application software[5]
  • Has part(s): computer program[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Application software[7]
  • Has characteristic: application security[8]
  • Main Wikidata property: P6823[9]
  • Equivalent class: https://schema.org/SoftwareApplication[10], https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Application[11]
  • Properties for this type: P277[12], P400[13], P747[14], P101[15], P306[16], P178[17], P348[18], P275[19], P737[20], P856[21], P123[22], P138[23], P1324[24], P1581[25]
  • Hashtag: app[26]

Why It Matters

application has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] application is known by 161 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX4708764
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX4708764"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 54.81
    Subclass of → software, creative work
    Iev number → 171-05-04, 171-05-06, 192-01-33
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Iev number: 171-05-06, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102056624|application program (#102056624)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3984|IEC 60050]"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000394-aplikacni-software
    Foldoc id → application+program, app, application+software
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000394-aplikacni-software, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 18w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image needs reharvest → —
    Image last checked license → —
    Image purged license → —
    Image purged at → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Foldoc id: app, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/36ecd009bcfe7/|details]])"
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