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ERC

IRC client for the Emacs text editor, written in Emacs Lisp
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ERC

Summary

ERC is an IRC client[1]. ERC draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (irc_client category, ranking #16 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • ERC is the creator of Alexander L. Belikoff[3].
  • ERC's instance of is recorded as IRC client[4].
  • ERC's instance of is recorded as GNU ELPA package[5].
  • ERC's instance of is recorded as GNU package[6].
  • ERC's instance of is recorded as free software[7].
  • ERC's maintained by is recorded as Amin Bandali[8].
  • ERC's maintained by is recorded as Michael Olson[9].
  • ERC is associated with the free software movement movement[10].
  • ERC's developer is recorded as GNU Project[11].
  • ERC's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[12].
  • ERC's programmed in is recorded as Emacs Lisp[13].
  • ERC's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[14].
  • ERC's operating system is recorded as BSD[15].
  • ERC's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[16].
  • ERC's operating system is recorded as macOS[17].
  • ERC's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[18].
  • ERC's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[19].
  • ERC's software version identifier is recorded as 5.3[20].
  • ERC's software version identifier is recorded as 5.4.1[21].
  • ERC's software version identifier is recorded as 5.5[22].
  • ERC's software version identifier is recorded as 5.6[23].
  • ERC's software version identifier is recorded as 5.6.1[24].
  • ERC is part of GNU Emacs[25].
  • ERC is part of GNU Project[26].
  • ERC is used for Q73[27].

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Authorship and Creation

ERC is the creator of Alexander L. Belikoff[3].

Publication

Part of include GNU Emacs[25], a text editor[28], founded in 1984[29] and GNU Project[26], an open-source project[30], founded in 1983[31].

Subject and Themes

ERC is associated with the free software movement movement[10].

Why It Matters

ERC draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (irc_client category, ranking #16 of 27).[2] ERC has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

Related Entities

Amin Bandali BSD cross-platform Emacs Lisp free software GNU ELPA GNU Project macOS Michael Olson Microsoft Windows Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . mwolson.org. Retrieved . mwolson.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Genium · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → GNU Project
    Has use → Q73
    Creator → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 5.6.2"
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