R

environment for statistical computing and graphics using the R programming language
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R

Summary

R is a GNU package[1]. R is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • R is the creator of Robert Gentleman[3].
  • R is the creator of Ross Ihaka[4].
  • R was influenced by S[5].
  • R's instance of is recorded as GNU package[6].
  • R's instance of is recorded as statistical package[7].
  • R's instance of is recorded as run-time system[8].
  • R's instance of is recorded as free software[9].
  • R's maintained by is recorded as Peter Dalgaard[10].
  • R is associated with the free software movement movement[11].
  • R's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[12].
  • R's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • R's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[14].
  • R's operating system is recorded as BSD[15].
  • R's operating system is recorded as macOS[16].
  • R's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[17].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2.2[18].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2.3[19].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.3[20].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.0[21].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.0[22].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.1[23].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.2[24].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.1[25].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.2[26].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.3[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Created works include Robert Gentleman[3], a bioinformatician[28], b. 1959[29], of Canada[30], awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award[31] and Ross Ihaka[4], a statistician[32], b. 1954[33], of New Zealand[34], awarded the Pickering Medal[35].

Publication

R is part of GNU Project[36].

Subject and Themes

R is associated with the free software movement movement[11].

Why It Matters

R is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [36] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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