programmer

person who writes computer software (subclass of software developer)
class profession Q5482740
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Summary

programmer is a profession[1]. programmer ranks in the top 0.44% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,683 views/month, #7 of 1,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: position[3]
  • Subclass of: software developer[4], author[5]
  • Commons category: Programmers[6]
  • Field of this occupation: computer programming[7], polyglot programming[8], app economy[9]
  • Said to be the same as: software developer[10]
  • Unicode character: 👩🏽‍💻[11], 👨🏻‍💻[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Computer programmers[13]
  • Has effect: source code[14]
  • Main Wikidata property: P943[15]
  • Different from: hardware programmer[16]
  • Properties for this type: P1056[17], P1581[18], P463[19], P108[20], P800[21], P2578[22]
  • Uses: computer programming[23]
  • Has list: list of programmers[24]
  • Female form of label: programátorka[25], programadora[26], προγραμματίστρια[27], programmeuse[28], programistino[29], مبرمجة[30], programatoare[31], programerka[32], programifistino[33], jiprograman[34], מתכנתת[35], Programmiererin[36], Programméierin[37], праграмістка[38]
  • Male form of label: hiprograman[39], programifistulo[40], Programméierer[41], programador[42], праграмоўца[43], programmatore[44], programmeur[45], pogramaol[46], programista[47], programuotojas[48], programátor[49], پروڭرامور[50], مبرمج[51]

Why It Matters

programmer has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] programmer is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · FitikWasTaken · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'programátorka'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'programadora'}, {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'προγραμματίστρια'} +23
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||2 */ Female form of label"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0362091-programatori
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0362091-programatori, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 10393, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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