Karel

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Karel

Summary

Karel is a programming language[1]. Karel draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #97 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Karel was influenced by Q81571[3].
  • Karel was influenced by Karel Čapek[4].
  • Karel was influenced by robot[5].
  • Karel's image is recorded as NikiExample.jpg[6].
  • Karel's instance of is recorded as programming language[7].
  • Karel's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[8].
  • Karel's instance of is recorded as educational programming language[9].
  • Karel's designed by is recorded as Richard E. Pattis[10].
  • Karel's Commons category is recorded as Karel (programming language)[11].
  • Karel's country of origin is recorded as Czech Republic[12].
  • +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Karel[13].
  • Karel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/051624[14].
  • Karel's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph401818[15].
  • Karel's official website is recorded as https://xkarel.sourceforge.net/[16].
  • Karel's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Karel'}[17].
  • Karel's different from is recorded as Niki – der Roboter[18].
  • Karel's different from is recorded as Q132456753[19].
  • Karel's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[20].
  • Karel's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780043134[21].
  • Karel's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780043134[22].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[7], procedural programming language[8], and educational programming language[9].

History and Context

+1981-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Karel[13].

Why It Matters

Karel draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #97 of 742).[2] Karel has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Karel has been cited as an influence by Karel 1981[24], an educational software[25]; Niki – der Roboter[26], an educational software[27]; Karel++[28], a programming language[29]; and Karel[30], a web application[31].

FAQs

Who did Karel influence?

Karel has been cited as an influence by Karel 1981[24], Niki – der Roboter[26], Karel++[28], and Karel[30].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] . Retrieved . 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] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [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. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_karel_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Karel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/karel}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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