Industry 4.0

4th Industrial revolution or current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies 4.0
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Industry 4.0

Summary

Industry 4.0 is a historical period[1]. It draws 727 Wikipedia views per month (historical_period category, ranking #178 of 371).[2]

Key Facts

  • Industry 4.0's instance of is recorded as historical period[3].
  • Industry 4.0's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • Industry 4.0's instance of is recorded as field of study[5].
  • Industry 4.0's instance of is recorded as field of study[6].
  • Industry 4.0 followed Third Industrial Revolution[7].
  • Industry 4.0 was followed by Fifth Industrial Revolution[8].
  • Industry 4.0's said to be the same as is recorded as Fourth Industrial Revolution[9].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises Internet of things[10].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises cyber-physical system[11].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises internetworking[12].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises artificial intelligence[13].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises decentralization[14].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises big data[15].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises smart manufacturing[16].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises Maintenance 4.0[17].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises vertical integration[18].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises horizontal integration[19].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises Smart Factory[20].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises Intelligent Process[21].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises intelligent machine[22].
  • Industry 4.0 comprises smart product[23].
  • Industry 4.0 began on 2000[24].
  • Industry 4.0's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Industry 4.0[25].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include historical period[3], academic discipline[4], and field of study[5].

Use and Application

Components include Internet of things[10], a concept[26]; cyber-physical system[11], a type of system[27]; internetworking[12], a technique[28]; artificial intelligence[13], a type of technology[29]; decentralization[14], a field of study[30]; and big data[15], a buzzword[31].

Why It Matters

Industry 4.0 draws 727 Wikipedia views per month (historical_period category, ranking #178 of 371).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as Fourth Industrial Revolution
    Start time +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Has part(s) Internet of things, cyber-physical system, internetworking +11
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    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012427175205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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