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visual area containing some kind of user interface
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Summary

window is a computer science term[1]. window draws 229 Wikipedia views per month (computer_science_term category, ranking #37 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • window's instance of is recorded as computer science term[3].
  • window is named after window[4].
  • window is a type of graphical widget[5].
  • window is part of windowing system[6].
  • window began on 1973[7].
  • window's different from is recorded as Okno[8].
  • window's different from is recorded as window[9].

Body

Geography

window is part of windowing system[6].

Designation and Status

window's instance of is recorded as computer science term[3].

History and Context

window is named after window[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for window include Microsoft Windows[10], a proprietary operating system[11], founded in 1985[12].

Why It Matters

window draws 229 Wikipedia views per month (computer_science_term category, ranking #37 of 87).[2] window has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] window is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for window include Microsoft Windows[10], a proprietary operating system[11], founded in 1985[12].

Related Entities

Microsoft Windows

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_window-q835016_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{window}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/window-q835016}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Start time → +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Part of → windowing system
    Instance of → computer science term
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529947005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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