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homoiconicity

feature of a programming language that a program written in it can be manipulated as data using the language, and thus the program's internal representation can be inferred just by reading the program itself
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homoiconicity

Summary

homoiconicity is a computer science term[1]. homoiconicity draws 110 Wikipedia views per month (computer_science_term category, ranking #29 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • homoiconicity's instance of is recorded as computer science term[3].
  • homoiconicity's subclass of is recorded as metaprogramming[4].
  • homoiconicity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c2yp9[5].
  • homoiconicity's nLab ID is recorded as homoiconicity[6].
  • homoiconicity's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 26663822[7].

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Designation and Status

homoiconicity's instance of is recorded as computer science term[3].

Why It Matters

homoiconicity draws 110 Wikipedia views per month (computer_science_term category, ranking #29 of 87).[2] homoiconicity has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). homoiconicity. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/homoiconicity
MLA “homoiconicity.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/homoiconicity.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_homoiconicity_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{homoiconicity}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/homoiconicity}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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