checksum

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checksum

Summary

checksum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • checksum's image is recorded as Emmerich ISTEC 1003 - board - AMD AM27C020 with label-3107.jpg[2].
  • checksum's subclass of is recorded as data[3].
  • checksum's has use is recorded as sanity check[4].
  • checksum's Commons category is recorded as Checksum[5].
  • checksum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023z3[6].
  • checksum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Checksum algorithms[7].
  • checksum's described by source is recorded as nestor Handbuch[8].
  • checksum's main Wikidata property is recorded as P4092[9].
  • checksum's MathWorld ID is recorded as Checksum[10].
  • checksum's Quora topic ID is recorded as Checksum[11].
  • checksum's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "Checksum::6s2b2"][12].
  • checksum's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as prufsumme-informatik[13].
  • checksum's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
  • checksum's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 162372511[15].
  • checksum's Semantic Scholar topic ID is recorded as 112170[16].
  • checksum's De Agostini ID is recorded as checksum[17].
  • checksum's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 05834416-n[18].
  • checksum's MetaSat ID is recorded as checksum[19].
  • checksum's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C162372511[20].
  • checksum's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as checksum[21].
  • checksum's ComputerLanguage.com definition is recorded as checksum[22].

Why It Matters

checksum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).[1] checksum has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] checksum is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). checksum. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/checksum
MLA “checksum.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/checksum.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_checksum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{checksum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/checksum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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