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Church encoding

Summary

Church encoding ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (264 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Alonzo Church is named after Church encoding[2].
  • Church encoding's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08j2bb[3].
  • Church encoding's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 77736955[4].
  • Church encoding's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C77736955[5].

Why It Matters

Church encoding ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (264 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

Alonzo Church

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Church encoding. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/church-encoding
MLA “Church encoding.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/church-encoding.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_church-encoding_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Church encoding}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/church-encoding}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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