ifconfig

Network administration utility
CreativeWork utility_software Q283722
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ifconfig

Summary

ifconfig is a utility software[1]. ifconfig draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (utility_software category, ranking #12 of 38).[2]

Key Facts

  • ifconfig's image is recorded as Ifconfig example screenshot.png[3].
  • ifconfig's instance of is recorded as utility software[4].
  • ifconfig's instance of is recorded as command-line tool[5].
  • ifconfig's part of is recorded as GNU inetutils[6].
  • ifconfig's part of is recorded as net-tools[7].
  • ifconfig's Commons category is recorded as Ifconfig[8].
  • ifconfig's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/045p73[9].
  • ifconfig's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/ifconfig[10].
  • ifconfig's different from is recorded as ipconfig[11].
  • ifconfig's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781053317[12].

Body

Publication

Part of include GNU inetutils[6], a utility software[13] and net-tools[7], a software[14].

Why It Matters

ifconfig draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (utility_software category, ranking #12 of 38).[2] ifconfig has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] ifconfig is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . GNU.org. 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] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ifconfig. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ifconfig
MLA “ifconfig.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ifconfig.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ifconfig_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ifconfig}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ifconfig}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): ifconfig — https://4ort.xyz/entity/ifconfig (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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