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whatis

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whatis

Summary

whatis is a command-line tool[1]. whatis draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (command_line_tool category, ranking #9 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • whatis's instance of is recorded as command-line tool[3].
  • whatis's part of is recorded as man[4].
  • whatis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0279tth[5].
  • whatis's FOLDOC ID is recorded as whatis[6].

Body

Publication

whatis's part of is recorded as man[4].

Why It Matters

whatis draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (command_line_tool category, ranking #9 of 10).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). whatis. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/whatis
MLA “whatis.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/whatis.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_whatis_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{whatis}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/whatis}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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