rc

command line interpreter for Version 10 Unix and Plan 9 operating systems
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rc

Summary

rc is a programming language[1]. rc ranks in the top 10% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • rc's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].
  • rc's instance of is recorded as operating system shell[4].
  • rc's instance of is recorded as Unix shell[5].
  • rc's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[6].
  • rc's instance of is recorded as command line interface language[7].
  • rc's developer is recorded as Bell Labs[8].
  • rc's designed by is recorded as Tom Duff[9].
  • rc's part of is recorded as Plan 9[10].
  • rc's part of is recorded as Plan 9 from User Space[11].
  • rc's part of is recorded as 9front[12].
  • rc's part of is recorded as Version 10 Unix[13].
  • +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of rc[14].
  • rc's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01734y[15].
  • rc's official website is recorded as http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/rc[16].
  • rc's Debian stable package is recorded as rc[17].
  • rc's Gentoo package is recorded as app-shells/rc[18].
  • rc's programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming[19].
  • rc's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[20].
  • rc's AUR package is recorded as rc[21].
  • rc's Repology project name is recorded as rc[22].
  • rc's typing discipline is recorded as weak typing[23].
  • rc's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Rc[24].

Body

Geography

Part of include Plan 9[10], a distributed operating system[25]; Plan 9 from User Space[11], a software suite[26]; 9front[12], a distributed operating system[27]; and Version 10 Unix[13], an operating system[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[3], operating system shell[4], Unix shell[5], procedural programming language[6], and command line interface language[7].

History and Context

+1989-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of rc[14].

Why It Matters

rc ranks in the top 10% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2] rc has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] rc is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). rc. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/rc
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