Room 40

Summary

Room 40 is a division^[1]. It draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (division category, ranking #32 of 107).^[2]

Key Facts

• Room 40's image is recorded as Admiralty office Whitehall 1760 D Cunego.jpg^[3].
• Room 40's instance of is recorded as division^[4].
• Room 40's part of is recorded as Secret Intelligence Service^[5].
• Room 40's Commons category is recorded as Room 40^[6].
• +1914-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Room 40^[7].
• Room 40 was dissolved in +1919-00-00T00:00:00Z^[8].
• Room 40's participated in conflict is recorded as World War I^[9].
• Room 40's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.50597222222222, 'lon': -0.1275}^[10].
• Room 40's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02_sdd^[11].
• Room 40's main subject is recorded as password cracking^[12].
• Room 40's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11jttx7pgh^[13].

Body

Founding

+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Room 40^[7].

Identity

Room 40's part of is recorded as Secret Intelligence Service^[5].

Dissolution

Room 40 was dissolved in +1919-00-00T00:00:00Z^[8].

Why It Matters

Room 40 draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (division category, ranking #32 of 107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[15]