Dirac

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Dirac

Summary

Dirac is a file format[1]. Dirac draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #100 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dirac's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • Dirac's instance of is recorded as video compression format[4].
  • Dirac's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Dirac's instance of is recorded as video codec[6].
  • Dirac's developer is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[7].
  • Dirac's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[8].
  • Dirac's copyright license is recorded as GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0[9].
  • Dirac's copyright license is recorded as Mozilla Public License, version 1.1[10].
  • Dirac's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0166q5[11].
  • Dirac's official website is recorded as https://www.dirac.com/[12].
  • Dirac's described at URL is recorded as https://web.archive.org/web/20150503015104/http://diracvideo.org/download/specification/dirac-spec-latest.pdf[13].
  • Dirac's file extension is recorded as drc[14].
  • Dirac's file extension is recorded as avi[15].
  • Dirac's file extension is recorded as ogv[16].
  • Dirac's file extension is recorded as ts[17].
  • Dirac's file extension is recorded as mkv[18].
  • Dirac's SourceForge project is recorded as dirac[19].
  • Dirac's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as Dirac[20].
  • Dirac's ITU/ISO/IEC object ID is recorded as 1.0.62379.3.2.1.4.5[21].
  • Dirac's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[22].
  • Dirac's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 61039578[23].
  • Dirac's openSUSE package is recorded as dirac[24].
  • Dirac's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C61039578[25].
  • Dirac's MacPorts port is recorded as dirac[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format[3], video compression format[4], free software[5], and video codec[6].

Why It Matters

Dirac draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #100 of 297).[2] Dirac has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

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] . SourceForge. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SourceForge. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SourceForge. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dirac-q604279_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Dirac}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dirac-q604279}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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