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Paxos

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Paxos

Summary

Paxos is an algorithmic paradigm[1]. Paxos draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (algorithmic_paradigm category, ranking #3 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Paxos is credited with the discovery of Leslie Lamport[3].
  • Paxos's instance of is recorded as algorithmic paradigm[4].
  • Paxos is named after Paxos[5].
  • Paxos's subclass of is recorded as parallel algorithm[6].
  • Paxos's has part is recorded as protocol[7].
  • Paxos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Paxos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f15vd[9].
  • Paxos's described by source is recorded as The Part-Time Parliament[10].
  • Paxos's computes solution to is recorded as consensus[11].
  • Paxos's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 55368355[12].

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Works and Contributions

Paxos is credited with the discovery of Leslie Lamport[3].

Why It Matters

Paxos draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (algorithmic_paradigm category, ranking #3 of 12).[2] Paxos has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Leslie Lamport Paxos

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . quantamagazine.org. Retrieved . quantamagazine.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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