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Summary

spinlock ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • spinlock's subclass of is recorded as lock[2].
  • spinlock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01kfdd[3].
  • spinlock's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/spinlock[4].
  • spinlock's uses is recorded as busy waiting[5].
  • spinlock's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20035216[6].
  • spinlock's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 181791273[7].

Why It Matters

spinlock ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[1] spinlock has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] spinlock is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). spinlock. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/spinlock
MLA “spinlock.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/spinlock.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spinlock_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{spinlock}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spinlock}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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