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videotape format war

1970's and 1980's period of intense competition over videotape formats
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videotape format war

Summary

videotape format war is a competition[1]. It draws 373 Wikipedia views per month (competition category, ranking #10 of 83).[2]

Key Facts

  • videotape format war's instance of is recorded as competition[3].
  • videotape format war's Commons category is recorded as Video recorders[4].
  • videotape format war's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03d06z[5].
  • videotape format war's participant is recorded as VHS[6].
  • videotape format war's participant is recorded as Betamax[7].

Why It Matters

videotape format war draws 373 Wikipedia views per month (competition category, ranking #10 of 83).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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competition

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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