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loose coupling

system in which each of its components has, or makes use of, little or no knowledge of the definitions of other separate components
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loose coupling

Summary

loose coupling is a programming principle[1]. It draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (programming_principle category, ranking #9 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • loose coupling's instance of is recorded as programming principle[3].
  • loose coupling's subclass of is recorded as coupling[4].
  • loose coupling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05jsv1[5].
  • loose coupling's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 164100034[6].
  • loose coupling's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C164100034[7].
  • loose coupling's GitLab topic ID is recorded as loose+coupling[8].

Why It Matters

loose coupling draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (programming_principle category, ranking #9 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_loose-coupling_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{loose coupling}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/loose-coupling}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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