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boilerplate code

sections of code that have to be included in many places with little or no alteration
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boilerplate code

Summary

boilerplate code ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • boilerplate code's subclass of is recorded as source code[2].
  • boilerplate code's subclass of is recorded as duplicate code[3].
  • boilerplate code's part of is recorded as document template[4].
  • boilerplate code's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gy11rm[5].
  • boilerplate code's used by is recorded as computer programming[6].
  • boilerplate code's Quora topic ID is recorded as Boilerplate-Code[7].
  • boilerplate code's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 92268440[8].
  • boilerplate code's GitHub topic is recorded as boilerplate-code[9].

Why It Matters

boilerplate code ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Related Entities

computer programming

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). boilerplate code. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/boilerplate-code
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_boilerplate-code_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{boilerplate code}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/boilerplate-code}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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