Hello world

computer program that produces the message "Hello, world!", often used to illustrate the basic syntax of a programming language
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Hello world

Summary

Hello world is a software category[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #149 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hello world is credited with the discovery of Brian Kernighan[3].
  • Hello world's image is recorded as Qt example.png[4].
  • Hello world's image is recorded as Hello World Brian Kernighan 1978.jpg[5].
  • Hello world's instance of is recorded as software category[6].
  • Hello world's subclass of is recorded as demo program[7].
  • Hello world's Commons category is recorded as Hello World[8].
  • Hello world's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03lm3[9].
  • Hello world's reference URL is recorded as http://helloworldcollection.de/[10].
  • Hello world's facet of is recorded as programming language[11].
  • Hello world's BabelNet ID is recorded as 17173418n[12].
  • Hello world's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Hello_world/Graphical[13].
  • Hello world's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Hello_world/Line_printer[14].
  • Hello world's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Hello_world/Newbie[15].
  • Hello world's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Hello_world/Newline_omission[16].
  • Hello world's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Hello_world/Standard_error[17].
  • Hello world's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Hello_world/Text[18].
  • Hello world's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Hello_world/Web_server[19].
  • Hello world's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as hello world[20].
  • Hello world's GitLab topic ID is recorded as hello-world[21].
  • Hello world's GitLab topic ID is recorded as helloworld[22].

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Works and Contributions

Hello world is credited with the discovery of Brian Kernighan[3].

Why It Matters

Hello world draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #149 of 263).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . BabelNet. 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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