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glider

moving pattern of five live cells in Conway's Game of Life
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glider

Summary

glider is a spaceship[1]. glider draws 99 Wikipedia views per month (spaceship category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • glider's image is recorded as Animated glider emblem.gif[3].
  • glider's instance of is recorded as spaceship[4].
  • glider's instance of is recorded as Conway's Game of Life pattern[5].
  • glider's Commons category is recorded as Glider (Conway's Game of Life)[6].
  • glider's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048b00[7].
  • glider's described at URL is recorded as https://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Glider[8].
  • glider's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 73525677[9].
  • glider's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C73525677[10].

Why It Matters

glider draws 99 Wikipedia views per month (spaceship category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] glider has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] glider is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). glider. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/glider-q2396202
MLA “glider.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/glider-q2396202.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_glider-q2396202_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{glider}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/glider-q2396202}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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