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README

Summary

README is a convention[1]. README ranks in the top 6% of convention entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • README's image is recorded as README-cURL.png[3].
  • README's instance of is recorded as convention[4].
  • README's subclass of is recorded as user guide[5].
  • README's subclass of is recorded as computer file[6].
  • README's subclass of is recorded as software documentation[7].
  • README's Commons category is recorded as README files[8].
  • README's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02tjb8[9].
  • README's media type is recorded as text/x-readme[10].
  • README's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[11].
  • README's has characteristic is recorded as filename[12].
  • README's different from is recorded as README.txt[13].
  • README's file format is recorded as text file[14].
  • README's file format is recorded as Q1193600[15].
  • README's icon is recorded as Text-x-readme.svg[16].
  • README's Quora topic ID is recorded as Readme-1[17].
  • README's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 17873729[18].
  • README's MetaSat ID is recorded as README[19].

Why It Matters

README ranks in the top 6% of convention entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month).[2] README has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] README is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Open Science Thesaurus

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . cgit.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . cgit.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . data.loterre.fr. Retrieved . data.loterre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). README. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/readme
MLA “README.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/readme.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_readme_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{README}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/readme}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): README — https://4ort.xyz/entity/readme (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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