input method

operating system component or program that allows any data, such as keyboard strokes or mouse movements, to be received as input
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input method

Summary

input method is a method[1]. It draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (method category, ranking #108 of 415).[2]

Key Facts

  • input method's instance of is recorded as method[3].
  • input method's subclass of is recorded as software[4].
  • input method's has use is recorded as input[5].
  • input method's Commons category is recorded as Input Methods[6].
  • input method's said to be the same as is recorded as input method editor[7].
  • input method's Unicode character is recorded as 🔠[8].
  • input method's Unicode character is recorded as 🔡[9].
  • input method's Unicode character is recorded as 🔢[10].
  • input method's Unicode character is recorded as 🔣[11].
  • input method's Unicode character is recorded as 🔤[12].
  • input method's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0267jl[13].
  • input method's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Input methods[14].
  • input method's topic has template is recorded as Template:Input method[15].
  • input method's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/ime[16].
  • input method's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IME'}[17].
  • input method's different from is recorded as Individual Speedway European Championship[18].
  • input method's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19552643[19].
  • input method's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779730394[20].
  • input method's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2779730394[21].
  • input method's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 184191[22].
  • input method's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as インプットメソッド[23].
  • input method's ArchWiki article is recorded as Input_method[24].

Why It Matters

input method draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (method category, ranking #108 of 415).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_input-method_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{input method}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/input-method}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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