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airborne radio transponder used to transmit specific aircraft information in response to interrogation
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transponder

Summary

transponder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • transponder's subclass of is recorded as aircraft communications device[2].
  • transponder's subclass of is recorded as aircraft component[3].
  • transponder's part of is recorded as air traffic control radar beacon system[4].
  • transponder's Commons category is recorded as Aircraft transponders[5].
  • transponder's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025_slf[6].
  • transponder's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/transponder[7].
  • transponder's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as transponder_-_radiokommunikasjon[8].
  • transponder's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 117920542[9].
  • transponder's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C117920542[10].

Why It Matters

transponder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).[1] transponder has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] transponder is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). transponder. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/transponder
MLA “transponder.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/transponder.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_transponder_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{transponder}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/transponder}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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