Snowball

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Snowball

Summary

Snowball is a programming language[1]. Snowball draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #133 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Snowball's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].
  • SNOBOL is named after Snowball[4].
  • Snowball's developer is recorded as Q6776395[5].
  • Snowball's copyright license is recorded as 3-clause BSD License[6].
  • Snowball's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.0[7].
  • Snowball's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.0[8].
  • Snowball's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.0[9].
  • Snowball's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.0[10].
  • Snowball's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.1[11].
  • Snowball's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03py_v[12].
  • Snowball's official website is recorded as https://snowballstem.org/[13].
  • Snowball's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/snowballstem/snowball[14].
  • Snowball's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/snowball[15].
  • Snowball's openSUSE package is recorded as snowball[16].
  • Snowball's SlackBuilds package is recorded as python/PyStemmer[17].
  • Snowball's MacPorts port is recorded as libstemmer[18].

Body

Designation and Status

Snowball's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].

History and Context

SNOBOL is named after Snowball[4].

Why It Matters

Snowball draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #133 of 742).[2]

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] . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Snowball. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowball
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_snowball_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Snowball}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowball}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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