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canonical name

Summary

canonical name ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • canonical name's subclass of is recorded as resource record[2].
  • canonical name's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05m__8q[3].
  • canonical name's described by source is recorded as RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification[4].
  • canonical name's series ordinal is recorded as 5[5].
  • canonical name's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CNAME'}[6].
  • canonical name's Quora topic ID is recorded as CNAME[7].
  • canonical name's P6009 is recorded as 1321[8].
  • canonical name's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 24352174[9].
  • canonical name's FOLDOC ID is recorded as CNAME[10].

Why It Matters

canonical name ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). canonical name. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/canonical-name
MLA “canonical name.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/canonical-name.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_canonical-name_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{canonical name}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/canonical-name}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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