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CLIPS

Summary

CLIPS is a programming language[1]. CLIPS draws 198 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #90 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • CLIPS was influenced by Lisp[3].
  • CLIPS was influenced by OPS5[4].
  • CLIPS's instance of is recorded as programming language[5].
  • CLIPS's instance of is recorded as object-based language[6].
  • CLIPS's instance of is recorded as rule-based language[7].
  • CLIPS's instance of is recorded as public-domain software[8].
  • CLIPS's instance of is recorded as expert system[9].
  • CLIPS was published by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center[10].
  • OPS5 is named after CLIPS[11].
  • CLIPS's developer is recorded as Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center[12].
  • CLIPS's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • CLIPS's software version identifier is recorded as 6.30[14].
  • CLIPS's software version identifier is recorded as 6.40[15].
  • CLIPS's software version identifier is recorded as 6.4.1[16].
  • CLIPS is used for artificial intelligence[17].
  • CLIPS's platform is recorded as iOS[18].
  • CLIPS's platform is recorded as Q5289[19].
  • CLIPS's platform is recorded as Java Native Interface[20].
  • CLIPS's platform is recorded as Common Gateway Interface[21].
  • 1985 marks the founding of CLIPS[22].
  • CLIPS was released on 1985[23].
  • CLIPS's official website is recorded as https://clipsrules.net/[24].
  • CLIPS's source code repository URL is recorded as svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/clipsrules/code/[25].
  • CLIPS's source code repository URL is recorded as https://sourceforge.net/projects/clipsrules/files/CLIPS/[26].
  • CLIPS's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/clips[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[5], object-based language[6], rule-based language[7], public-domain software[8], and expert system[9].

History and Context

1985 marks the founding of CLIPS[22]. OPS5 is named after CLIPS[11].

Why It Matters

CLIPS draws 198 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #90 of 742).[2] CLIPS has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

artificial intelligence expert system iOS Jess Lisp Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center object-based language OPS5 programming language public domain rule-based language

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . CLIPS User’s Guide. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . clipsrules.net. Retrieved . clipsrules.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . sourceforge.net. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . sourceforge.net. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . clipsrules.net. clipsrules.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . clipsrules.net. clipsrules.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . clipsrules.net. clipsrules.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . clipsrules.net. clipsrules.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . CLIPS User’s Guide. wikidata.org.
  21. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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