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root certificate

self-signed public key certificate that identifies a root certificate authority; forms the basis of an X.509-based public key infrastructure
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root certificate

Summary

root certificate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (182 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • root certificate's image is recorded as Chain of trust.svg[2].
  • root certificate's subclass of is recorded as self-signed certificate[3].
  • root certificate's part of is recorded as public-key infrastructure[4].
  • root certificate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01r9j8[5].
  • root certificate's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19925203[6].
  • root certificate's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 62057728[7].
  • root certificate's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C62057728[8].

Why It Matters

root certificate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (182 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). root certificate. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/root-certificate
MLA “root certificate.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/root-certificate.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_root-certificate_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{root certificate}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/root-certificate}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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