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cellular automaton pattern that periodically produces gliders or spaceships
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gun

Summary

gun ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gun is credited with the discovery of Bill Gosper[2].
  • gun's image is recorded as Gospers glider gun.gif[3].
  • gun's subclass of is recorded as cellular automaton pattern[4].
  • gun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04c6h_[5].
  • gun's described at URL is recorded as https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Gun[6].
  • gun's product or material produced is recorded as spaceship[7].
  • gun's different from is recorded as Gun[8].
  • gun's different from is recorded as Canon[9].

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Works and Contributions

gun is credited with the discovery of Bill Gosper[2].

Why It Matters

gun ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[1] gun has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] gun is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Bill Gosper

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). gun. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gun-q2936446
MLA “gun.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gun-q2936446.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gun-q2936446_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{gun}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gun-q2936446}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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