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POSIX Threads

Summary

POSIX Threads is an application programming interface[1]. It draws 76 Wikipedia views per month (application_programming_interface category, ranking #25 of 120).[2]

Key Facts

  • POSIX Threads's instance of is recorded as application programming interface[3].
  • POSIX Threads's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02y_w4[4].
  • POSIX Threads's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/pthreads[5].
  • POSIX Threads's implementation of is recorded as thread[6].
  • POSIX Threads's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 41138395[7].
  • POSIX Threads's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C41138395[8].
  • POSIX Threads's man page is recorded as pthreads.7[9].

Why It Matters

POSIX Threads draws 76 Wikipedia views per month (application_programming_interface category, ranking #25 of 120).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

application programming interface

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). POSIX Threads. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/posix-threads
MLA “POSIX Threads.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/posix-threads.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_posix-threads_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{POSIX Threads}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/posix-threads}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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