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Close to Metal

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Close to Metal

Summary

Close to Metal is an application programming interface[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (application_programming_interface category, ranking #66 of 120).[2]

Key Facts

  • Close to Metal's instance of is recorded as application programming interface[3].
  • Close to Metal's instance of is recorded as low-level programming language[4].
  • Close to Metal's developer is recorded as ATI Technologies[5].
  • Close to Metal's has use is recorded as general-purpose computing on graphics processing units[6].
  • Close to Metal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pj4nb[7].
  • Close to Metal's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CTM'}[8].

Why It Matters

Close to Metal draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (application_programming_interface category, ranking #66 of 120).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

application programming interface ATI Technologies low-level programming language

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Close to Metal. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-metal
MLA “Close to Metal.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-metal.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_close-to-metal_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Close to Metal}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-metal}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Close to Metal — https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-metal (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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