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happened-before

relation between the result of two events, such that if one event should happen before another event, the result must reflect that, even if those events are in reality executed out of order
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happened-before

Summary

happened-before is a binary relation[1]. happened-before draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (binary_relation category, ranking #8 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • happened-before is credited with the discovery of Leslie Lamport[3].
  • happened-before's instance of is recorded as binary relation[4].
  • happened-before's subclass of is recorded as partial order[5].
  • happened-before's has use is recorded as logical clock[6].
  • happened-before's opposite of is recorded as simultaneity[7].
  • happened-before's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01wzwf[8].
  • happened-before's facet of is recorded as distributed system[9].
  • happened-before's facet of is recorded as concurrent computing[10].
  • happened-before's described by source is recorded as Time, clocks, and the ordering of events in a distributed system[11].
  • happened-before's partial function domain is recorded as class[12].
  • happened-before's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 50995399[13].

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Works and Contributions

happened-before is credited with the discovery of Leslie Lamport[3].

Why It Matters

happened-before draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (binary_relation category, ranking #8 of 13).[2] happened-before has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] happened-before is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Leslie Lamport

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). happened-before. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/happened-before
MLA “happened-before.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/happened-before.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_happened-before_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{happened-before}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/happened-before}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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