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Darik's Boot and Nuke

Linux distribution used for data erasure
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Darik's Boot and Nuke

Summary

Darik's Boot and Nuke is a data erasure software[1]. It draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (data_erasure_software category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's image is recorded as VirtualBox DBAN 2.3.0 01 05 2021 14 13 43.png[3].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's instance of is recorded as data erasure software[4].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's instance of is recorded as Linux distribution[5].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's logo image is recorded as DBAN-Logo-118x132.png[7].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[8].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[9].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's has use is recorded as data erasure[10].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's Commons category is recorded as Darik’s Boot and Nuke[11].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03zqjs[12].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's official website is recorded as https://dban.org/[13].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DBAN'}[14].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's SourceForge project is recorded as dban[15].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[16].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID is recorded as 5009[17].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's SILL software ID is recorded as 30[18].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's OSDN project is recorded as sfnet_dban[19].
  • Darik's Boot and Nuke's AlternativeTo software ID is recorded as dban[20].

Why It Matters

Darik's Boot and Nuke draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (data_erasure_software category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

free software Linux distribution

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . sill.etalab.gouv.fr. sill.etalab.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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