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Design By Numbers

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Design By Numbers

Summary

Design By Numbers is a programming language[1]. It draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #127 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Design By Numbers's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].
  • Design By Numbers's developer is recorded as John Maeda[4].
  • Design By Numbers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.1[5].
  • +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Design By Numbers[6].
  • Design By Numbers's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/053_8sb[7].
  • Design By Numbers's official website is recorded as http://dbn.media.mit.edu/[8].
  • Design By Numbers's programming paradigm is recorded as object-oriented programming[9].
  • Design By Numbers's typing discipline is recorded as strong typing[10].

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Designation and Status

Design By Numbers's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].

History and Context

+1999-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Design By Numbers[6].

Why It Matters

Design By Numbers draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #127 of 742).[2]

It has been cited as an influence by Processing[11], an object-based language[12], founded in 2001[13].

FAQs

Who did Design By Numbers influence?

Design By Numbers has been cited as an influence by Processing[11].

Related Entities

John Maeda Processing programming language

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . dbn.media.mit.edu. dbn.media.mit.edu. Provenance: 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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