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Summary

root is a software library[1].

Key Facts

  • Creator: CERN[2]
  • Instance of: data serialization format[3], programming language[4], free software[5], software[6]
  • Founder: CERN[7]
  • Follows: Physics Analysis Workstation[8]
  • Developer: CERN[9]
  • Copyright license: GNU Lesser General Public License[10], GNU General Public License[11]
  • Programmed in: C++[12], Python[13]
  • Operating system: Linux[14], FreeBSD[15], macOS[16], OpenBSD[17], Microsoft Windows[18]
  • Software version identifier: 5.34/15[19], 6.02/08[20], 6.06/02[21], 6.04/16[22], 6.04/14[23], 5.34/34[24], 6.06/06[25], 6.06/08[26], 6.08/00[27], 5.34/36[28], 6.08/02[29], 6.08/04[30], 6.12/04[31], 6.12/06[32]

Related Entities

astrophysics C++ FreeBSD free software Linux macOS Microsoft Windows OpenBSD Physics Analysis Workstation programming language Python science

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . GitHub. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . d35c7d8c.web.cern.ch. d35c7d8c.web.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . root.cern.ch. root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . root.cern.ch. Retrieved . root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . root.cern.ch. Retrieved . root.cern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 6.36.14, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/15d5d38d8d8a|details]])"
  2. 13w ago · Francesco Tosoni (SSSA) · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → BLUE: Combining correlated estimates of physics observables within ROOT using the Best Linear Unbiased Estimate method
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: BLUE: Combining correlated estimates of physics observables within ROOT using the Best Linear Unbiased Estimate method, adding cross-reference for Sof"
  3. 13w ago · Francesco Tosoni (SSSA) · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → software library, data serialization format, programming language +2
    Software hash id → swh:1:dir:63cba66665405e06bb11e0db92c75a613bda8c5d;origin=ht
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||en */ uploading SoftwareX data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/195949e4552|details]])"
  4. 19w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 6.28.16, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/90348e8bfeff|details]])"
  5. 20w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 6.38.06, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/98b418a15de5|details]])"
  6. 20w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 6.26.20, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/2da2bf848d2d|details]])"
  7. 23w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 5.34/15, 6.02/08, 6.06/02 +80
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/96c383e09430|details]])"
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