counter

device which stores the number of times a particular event or process has occurred
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counter

Summary

counter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • counter is a type of appliance[2].
  • counter is a type of assignable variable[3].
  • counter's Commons category is recorded as Counter circuits[4].
  • counter's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • counter's different from is recorded as counter[6].
  • counter's different from is recorded as numerator[7].
  • counter's different from is recorded as program counter[8].
  • counter's different from is recorded as classifier[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include appliance[2] and assignable variable[3].

Why It Matters

counter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).[1] counter has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] counter is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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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. 29d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Q140249898
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  2. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0000400-citace
    Aliases
    Subclass of appliance, assignable variable
    Different from counter, numerator, program counter +1
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000400-citace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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