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Summary

open is a system call[1]. open draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (system_call category, ranking #6 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • open's instance of is recorded as system call[3].
  • open's part of is recorded as Linux kernel[4].
  • open's has use is recorded as opening[5].
  • open's opposite of is recorded as close[6].
  • open's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08p8yn[7].
  • open's source code repository URL is recorded as http://openbsd.su/src/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c#sys_open[8].
  • open's source code repository URL is recorded as http://BXR.SU/FreeBSD/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c#sys_open[9].

Why It Matters

open draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (system_call category, ranking #6 of 17).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . git.kernel.org. Retrieved . git.kernel.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . git.kernel.org. Retrieved . git.kernel.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . openbsd.su. Retrieved . openbsd.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_open-q7095932_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{open}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/open-q7095932}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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