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CPAN

Summary

CPAN is a software repository[1]. CPAN draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (software_repository category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • CPAN's instance of is recorded as software repository[3].
  • CPAN's instance of is recorded as package manager[4].
  • Comprehensive TeX Archive Network is named after CPAN[5].
  • CPAN's programmed in is recorded as Q42478[6].
  • +1995-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of CPAN[7].
  • CPAN's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ymw[8].
  • CPAN's official website is recorded as https://www.cpan.org/[9].
  • Comprehensive TeX Archive Network inspired CPAN[10].
  • CPAN's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Comprehensive Perl Archive Network'}[11].
  • CPAN's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5779[12].
  • CPAN's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8124[13].
  • CPAN's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CPAN'}[14].
  • CPAN's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as the-comprehensive-perl-archive-network[15].
  • CPAN's Quora topic ID is recorded as CPAN[16].
  • CPAN's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as CPAN[17].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include software repository[3] and package manager[4].

History and Context

+1995-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of CPAN[7]. Comprehensive TeX Archive Network is named after CPAN[5].

Why It Matters

CPAN draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (software_repository category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] CPAN has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] CPAN is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). CPAN. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cpan
MLA “CPAN.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/cpan.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cpan_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{CPAN}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cpan}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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