PDP-8

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PDP-8

Summary

PDP-8 is a computer model[1]. PDP-8 draws 181 Wikipedia views per month (computer_model category, ranking #43 of 340).[2]

Key Facts

  • PDP-8's image is recorded as DEC PDP-8, Stuttgart.jpg[3].
  • PDP-8's instance of is recorded as computer model[4].
  • PDP-8's instance of is recorded as Programmed Data Processor[5].
  • PDP-8's instance of is recorded as instruction set architecture[6].
  • PDP-8's logo image is recorded as PDP-8 wordmark.svg[7].
  • PDP-8's followed by is recorded as PDP-12[8].
  • PDP-8's developer is recorded as Digital Equipment Corporation[9].
  • PDP-8's part of the series is recorded as Programmed Data Processor[10].
  • PDP-8's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85098921[11].
  • PDP-8's subclass of is recorded as minicomputer[12].
  • PDP-8's designed by is recorded as Digital Equipment Corporation[13].
  • PDP-8's Commons category is recorded as PDP-8[14].
  • PDP-8's has part is recorded as accumulator[15].
  • PDP-8's has part is recorded as program counter[16].
  • PDP-8's has part is recorded as flag[17].
  • PDP-8's publication date is recorded as +1965-03-22T00:00:00Z[18].
  • PDP-8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/062rr[19].
  • PDP-8's Internet Game Database platform ID is recorded as pdp-8--1[20].
  • PDP-8's old-computers.com ID is recorded as 780[21].
  • PDP-8's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007531685305171[22].
  • PDP-8's Game Classification machine ID is recorded as 118[23].
  • PDP-8's GitLab topic ID is recorded as PDP-8[24].
  • PDP-8's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/c4fe617a-26c4-40de-9d44-570fb38ff0d4[25].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include computer model[4], Programmed Data Processor[5], and instruction set architecture[6].

Why It Matters

PDP-8 draws 181 Wikipedia views per month (computer_model category, ranking #43 of 340).[2] PDP-8 has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] PDP-8 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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