software

non-tangible executable component of a computer
class product_category Q7397
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software

Summary

software is a product category[1]. software ranks in the top 1% of product_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,099 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • software's image is recorded as Kmail.png[3].
  • software's instance of is recorded as product category[4].
  • software's instance of is recorded as type of tool[5].
  • software's GND ID is recorded as 4055382-6[6].
  • software's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85029534[7].
  • software's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 133183707[8].
  • software's subclass of is recorded as creative work[9].
  • software's subclass of is recorded as written work[10].
  • software's subclass of is recorded as means[11].
  • software's subclass of is recorded as product[12].
  • software's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00684642[13].
  • software's part of is recorded as computer[14].
  • software's part of is recorded as electronic design automation[15].
  • software's Commons category is recorded as Software[16].
  • software's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Visiteuse JEP (Madehub)-logiciel libre.wav[17].
  • software's opposite of is recorded as computer hardware[18].
  • software's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D012984[19].
  • software's has part is recorded as computer program[20].
  • software's has part is recorded as data[21].
  • software's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01mf0[22].
  • software's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.224.900[23].
  • software's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph125823[24].
  • software's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Software[25].
  • software's Commons gallery is recorded as Software[26].
  • software's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX530960[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for software include PKWARE[28], a business[29], in United States[30], founded in 1986[31], headquartered in Glendale[32] and Framasoft[33], a publishing house[34], in France[35], founded in 2001[36], headquartered in Lyon[37].

Why It Matters

software ranks in the top 1% of product_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,099 views/month).[2] software has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] software is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for software include PKWARE[28], a business[29], in United States[30], founded in 1986[31], headquartered in Glendale[32] and Framasoft[33], a publishing house[34], in France[35], founded in 2001[36], headquartered in Lyon[37].

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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