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dead man's switch

switch that is designed to activate if the human operator becomes incapacitated
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dead man's switch

Summary

dead man's switch ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dead man's switch's subclass of is recorded as electrical switch[2].
  • dead man's switch's has use is recorded as fail-safe[3].
  • dead man's switch's Commons category is recorded as Dead man's switch[4].
  • dead man's switch's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Veille automatique.wav[5].
  • dead man's switch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01z9qh[6].
  • dead man's switch's different from is recorded as kill switch[7].
  • dead man's switch's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as dødmannsknapp[8].
  • dead man's switch's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/DeadMansSwitch[9].

Why It Matters

dead man's switch ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dead man's switch. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dead-man-s-switch
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dead-man-s-switch_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dead man's switch}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dead-man-s-switch}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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