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Summary

collection is an abstract data type[1]. collection draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (abstract data type category, ranking #15 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: data[3], collective entity[4]
  • Said to be the same as: container[5]
  • Represents: group[6]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/collections[7]
  • Equivalent class: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#KeyedCollectionADT[8]
  • Different from: collection[9], class[10]

Why It Matters

collection has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] collection is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Q141624432. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . 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). collection. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/collection-q17008256
MLA “collection.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 12 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/collection-q17008256.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_collection-q17008256_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{collection}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/collection-q17008256}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'pt', 'ru', 'uk', 'zh', 'zh_yue']
    Subclass of → data, collective entity
    Represents → group
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#KeyedCollectionADT"
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