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WebAssembly

Summary

WebAssembly is a bytecode[1]. WebAssembly draws 4,916 Wikipedia views per month (bytecode category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • WebAssembly received the Programming Languages Software Award[3].
  • WebAssembly was influenced by asm.js[4].
  • WebAssembly was influenced by Google Native Client[5].
  • WebAssembly's instance of is recorded as bytecode[6].
  • WebAssembly's instance of is recorded as computing platform[7].
  • WebAssembly's instance of is recorded as file format[8].
  • WebAssembly's instance of is recorded as expression-oriented programming language[9].
  • WebAssembly's instance of is recorded as project[10].
  • WebAssembly's developer is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[11].
  • WebAssembly's developer is recorded as Microsoft[12].
  • WebAssembly's developer is recorded as Google[13].
  • WebAssembly's developer is recorded as Q9661[14].
  • WebAssembly's developer is recorded as Apple Inc.[15].
  • WebAssembly's copyright license is recorded as Apache License[16].
  • WebAssembly's designed by is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[17].
  • WebAssembly's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[18].
  • WebAssembly's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1[19].
  • WebAssembly's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[20].
  • WebAssembly's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.0[21].
  • WebAssembly's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.0[22].
  • WebAssembly's Commons category is recorded as WebAssembly[23].
  • 2015 marks the founding of WebAssembly[24].
  • WebAssembly's parent organization or unit is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[25].
  • WebAssembly's official website is recorded as https://webassembly.org/[26].
  • WebAssembly's described at URL is recorded as https://www.w3.org/community/webassembly/[27].

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Reception

WebAssembly received the Programming Languages Software Award[3].

Why It Matters

WebAssembly draws 4,916 Wikipedia views per month (bytecode category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] WebAssembly has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] WebAssembly is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did WebAssembly receive?

Honors received include Programming Languages Software Award[3].

Related Entities

Alon Zakai Apple Inc. Artemis Artichoke asm.js AssemblyScript Crystal expression-oriented programming language Google Google Native Client Kiesel Microsoft Motoko Rust RustPython Virgil WebAssembly System Interface Zig

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → WebAssembly
    Subreddit → WebAssembly
    Can i use feature id → wasm
    Software version identifier → 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 +2
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