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Typex

British encryption machine based on the German Enigma (ignoring patent rights), used from 1937 until the mid-1950s
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Typex

Summary

Typex ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Typex's image is recorded as Typex nocase.jpg[2].
  • Typex's subclass of is recorded as machine[3].
  • Typex's subclass of is recorded as rotor machine[4].
  • Typex's Commons category is recorded as Typex[5].
  • Typex's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09grd[6].
  • Typex's Commons gallery is recorded as Typex[7].

Why It Matters

Typex ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[1] Typex has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] Typex is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. 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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_typex_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Typex}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/typex}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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