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symbolic link

Summary

symbolic link ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • symbolic link's subclass of is recorded as computer file[2].
  • symbolic link's subclass of is recorded as reference[3].
  • symbolic link's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018mz0[4].
  • symbolic link's media type is recorded as inode/symlink[5].
  • symbolic link's facet of is recorded as operating system[6].
  • symbolic link's different from is recorded as Wikipedia:Soft redirect[7].
  • symbolic link's different from is recorded as hard link[8].
  • symbolic link's Quora topic ID is recorded as Symbolic-Link[9].
  • symbolic link's CWE ID is recorded as 64[10].
  • symbolic link's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 121382195[11].
  • symbolic link's man page is recorded as symlink.7[12].
  • symbolic link's FOLDOC ID is recorded as symbolic+link[13].
  • symbolic link's Debian Wiki article is recorded as SymLink[14].

Why It Matters

symbolic link ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Be File System operating system

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . cwe.mitre.org. cwe.mitre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). symbolic link. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/symbolic-link
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_symbolic-link_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{symbolic link}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/symbolic-link}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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