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KISS

acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid"; design principle
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KISS

Summary

KISS is a design principle[1]. KISS draws 1,005 Wikipedia views per month (design_principle category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • KISS is credited with the discovery of Kelly Johnson[3].
  • KISS's image is recorded as Kiss - Keep it simple stupid.jpg[4].
  • KISS's instance of is recorded as design principle[5].
  • KISS's instance of is recorded as programming principle[6].
  • KISS's instance of is recorded as Epigrammatic law[7].
  • KISS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04czj[8].
  • KISS's facet of is recorded as software development[9].
  • KISS's facet of is recorded as architecture[10].
  • KISS's facet of is recorded as design engineering[11].
  • KISS's BBC Things ID is recorded as 0d4d044d-7419-47d1-b90a-2104f2cc9db2[12].
  • KISS's different from is recorded as Kiss[13].
  • KISS's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 73814819[14].

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Works and Contributions

KISS is credited with the discovery of Kelly Johnson[3]. Things named for KISS include KISS Linux[15], a free software[16], founded in 2019[17].

Why It Matters

KISS draws 1,005 Wikipedia views per month (design_principle category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] KISS has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] KISS is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for KISS include KISS Linux[15], a free software[16], founded in 2019[17].

Related Entities

KISS Linux Saint-Didier-sous-Aubenas software development

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . 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. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kiss-q131560_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{KISS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kiss-q131560}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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