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edit distance

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edit distance

Summary

edit distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • edit distance's subclass of is recorded as string metric[2].
  • edit distance's subclass of is recorded as norm[3].
  • edit distance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p1v0n[4].
  • edit distance's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as editDistance[5].
  • edit distance's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 44359876[6].
  • edit distance's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C44359876[7].

Why It Matters

edit distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[1] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). edit distance. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/edit-distance
MLA “edit distance.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/edit-distance.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_edit-distance_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{edit distance}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/edit-distance}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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