fork

new program, and line of software development, derived from an existing one
Event occurrence Q332903
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fork

Summary

fork is an occurrence[1]. fork ranks in the top 6% of occurrence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • fork's field of work was software development[3].
  • fork's instance of is recorded as occurrence[4].
  • fork's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • fork's subclass of is recorded as development[6].
  • fork's subclass of is recorded as derivative work[7].
  • fork's subclass of is recorded as open-source software[8].
  • fork's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-פיצול (פיתוח תוכנה).wav[9].
  • fork's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ryv7[10].
  • fork's has cause is recorded as schism[11].
  • fork's has cause is recorded as collaboration difficulty[12].
  • fork's has cause is recorded as disagreement[13].
  • fork's described at URL is recorded as https://encyclopedia.kaspersky.com/glossary/fork[14].
  • fork's described at URL is recorded as https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Fork[15].
  • fork's facet of is recorded as source code[16].
  • fork's facet of is recorded as free and open-source software[17].
  • fork's facet of is recorded as cooperation[18].
  • fork's partially coincident with is recorded as port[19].
  • fork's different from is recorded as version control branch[20].
  • fork's different from is recorded as fork[21].
  • fork's different from is recorded as port[22].
  • fork's icon is recorded as Fork (CoreUI Icons v1.0.0).svg[23].
  • fork's icon is recorded as Open Iconic fork.svg[24].
  • fork's icon is recorded as Breezeicons-actions-22-state-fork.svg[25].
  • fork's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 88606150[26].

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Career and Affiliations

fork's field of work was software development[3].

Why It Matters

fork ranks in the top 6% of occurrence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[2] fork has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] fork is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 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] . 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.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fork. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fork-q332903
MLA “fork.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fork-q332903.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fork-q332903_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fork}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fork-q332903}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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