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PLATO

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PLATO

Summary

PLATO is a teaching[1]. PLATO draws 322 Wikipedia views per month (teaching category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • PLATO's instance of is recorded as teaching[3].
  • PLATO's instance of is recorded as computer system[4].
  • PLATO's instance of is recorded as computing platform[5].
  • PLATO's developer is recorded as University of Illinois system[6].
  • PLATO's Commons category is recorded as PLATO system[7].
  • PLATO's archives at is recorded as Charles Babbage Institute[8].
  • PLATO began on 1960[9].
  • PLATO ended on 1986[10].
  • PLATO's described at URL is recorded as https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/plato-how-an-educational-computer-system-from-the-60s-shaped-the-future/[11].
  • PLATO's different from is recorded as PLATO[12].
  • PLATO's copyright holder is recorded as Control Data Corporation[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include teaching[3], computer system[4], and computing platform[5].

Why It Matters

PLATO draws 322 Wikipedia views per month (teaching category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] PLATO has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] PLATO is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

PLATO teaching

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . archives.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved . archives.lib.umn.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → —
    End time → +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Copyright holder → Control Data Corporation
    Start time → +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555839205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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