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Whitespace

esoteric programming language
Place esoteric_programming_language Q378222

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
esoteric programming language, programming language[3]
Inception
April 1, 2003[6]
Official website
compsoc.dur.ac.uk[7]
Country of origin
United Kingdom[5]
Described by source
Esolang[8]
Influenced by
Brainfuck[2]
Named after
whitespace[4]
Programming paradigm
esoteric programming[12]
Uses
space, newline, tab key[9][10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Whitespace ar وايت سبيس ko 화이트스페이스
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Whitespace in vim2-recolored.png ↗
Freebase ID
/m/01d2vj
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780733508
Quora topic ID
Whitespace

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
programming language, esoteric programming language
Country 1
United Kingdom
Influenced by 1
Brainfuck
Named after 1
whitespace
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Summary

Whitespace is an esoteric programming language[1].

Related Entities

Brainfuck esoteric programming language programming language United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Whitespace. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/whitespace-q378222
MLA “Whitespace.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 1 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/whitespace-q378222.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_whitespace-q378222_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Whitespace}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/whitespace-q378222}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-01}}
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  1. 19w ago · Infovarius · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase ID → /m/01d2vj
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → —
    Instance of → —
    Country → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Country to Country of origin"
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