MIDI

electronic musical instrument industry specification
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MIDI

Summary

MIDI is a technical specification[1]. MIDI ranks in the top 3% of technical_specification entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,603 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • MIDI is the creator of Dave Smith[3].
  • MIDI's image is recorded as Midi ports and cable.jpg[4].
  • MIDI's instance of is recorded as technical specification[5].
  • MIDI's instance of is recorded as communication protocol[6].
  • MIDI's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86007370[7].
  • MIDI's has use is recorded as video game music[8].
  • MIDI's has use is recorded as data transmission[9].
  • MIDI's Commons category is recorded as MIDI[10].
  • MIDI's has part is recorded as Standard MIDI File[11].
  • MIDI's has part is recorded as MIDI note numbers[12].
  • MIDI's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/050rz[13].
  • MIDI's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph117048[14].
  • MIDI's official website is recorded as https://www.midi.org/specifications[15].
  • MIDI's topic's main category is recorded as Category:MIDI[16].
  • MIDI's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300266746[17].
  • MIDI's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0247846[18].
  • MIDI's replaces is recorded as DIN sync[19].
  • MIDI's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/MIDI-music-technology[20].
  • MIDI's standards body is recorded as Association of Musical Electronics Industry[21].
  • MIDI's standards body is recorded as MIDI Manufacturers Association[22].
  • MIDI's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/midi[23].
  • MIDI's different from is recorded as Standard MIDI File[24].
  • MIDI's YSO ID is recorded as 29228[25].
  • MIDI's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00054877n[26].
  • MIDI's Quora topic ID is recorded as MIDI[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include technical specification[5] and communication protocol[6].

Why It Matters

MIDI ranks in the top 3% of technical_specification entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,603 views/month).[2] MIDI has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] MIDI is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: 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] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Pkunk · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) Standard MIDI File, MIDI note numbers
    Replaces
    Replaces DIN sync
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Midi ports and cable.jpg"
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