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eBPF

Summary

eBPF is a virtual machine[1]. eBPF ranks in the top 9% of virtual_machine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (492 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • eBPF's instance of is recorded as virtual machine[3].
  • eBPF's maintained by is recorded as Alexei Starovoitov[4].
  • eBPF's follows is recorded as Berkeley packet filter[5].
  • eBPF's operating system is recorded as Berkeley Software Distribution[6].
  • eBPF's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[7].
  • eBPF's operating system is recorded as OpenBSD[8].
  • eBPF's operating system is recorded as Linux[9].
  • +2014-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of eBPF[10].
  • eBPF's official website is recorded as https://ebpf.io/[11].
  • eBPF's official blog URL is recorded as https://ebpf.io/blog/[12].
  • eBPF's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11k4tzr0mb[13].
  • eBPF's GitHub topic is recorded as ebpf[14].

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Adaptations and Inspiration

eBPF's follows is recorded as Berkeley packet filter[5].

Why It Matters

eBPF ranks in the top 9% of virtual_machine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (492 views/month).[2] eBPF has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] eBPF is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Berkeley packet filter FreeBSD Linux OpenBSD

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). eBPF. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ebpf
MLA “eBPF.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ebpf.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ebpf_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{eBPF}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ebpf}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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