Nonogram

picture logic puzzles in which cells in a grid must be colored or left blank according to numbers at the side of the grid to reveal a hidden picture
VideoGame np_complete_game Q835894
Nonogram
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Nonogram

Summary

Nonogram is a NP-complete game[1]. Nonogram draws 676 Wikipedia views per month (np_complete_game category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nonogram is credited with the discovery of Tetsuya Nishio[3].
  • Nonogram is credited with the discovery of Q118483181[4].
  • Nonogram's image is recorded as Nonogram wiki.svg[5].
  • Nonogram's instance of is recorded as NP-complete game[6].
  • Nonogram's instance of is recorded as logic puzzle[7].
  • Nonogram's Commons category is recorded as Nonograms[8].
  • Nonogram's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nxrv[9].
  • Nonogram's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nonograms[10].
  • Nonogram's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000321927[11].
  • Nonogram's subreddit is recorded as nonograms[12].
  • Nonogram's derivative work is recorded as Picross[13].
  • Nonogram's GameSpot game ID is recorded as griddler[14].
  • Nonogram's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 18266460[15].
  • Nonogram's Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID is recorded as 9693[16].
  • Nonogram's PlanetMath ID is recorded as Nonogram[17].
  • Nonogram's GitHub topic is recorded as nonogram[18].
  • Nonogram's computational complexity is recorded as NP-complete[19].
  • Nonogram's Itch.io tag ID is recorded as tag-nonogram[20].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Tetsuya Nishio[3], a puzzle designer[21], b. 1954[22], of Japan[23] and Q118483181[4].

Why It Matters

Nonogram draws 676 Wikipedia views per month (np_complete_game category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] Nonogram has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Nonogram is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . GameSpot. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . 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. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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