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Wireworld

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Wireworld

Summary

Wireworld is a cellular automaton[1]. Wireworld draws 127 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_automaton category, ranking #3 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wireworld is credited with the discovery of Brian Silverman[3].
  • Wireworld's instance of is recorded as cellular automaton[4].
  • Wireworld's Commons category is recorded as Wireworld[5].
  • Wireworld's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1987[6].
  • Wireworld's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[7].

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Definition and Type

Wireworld's instance of is recorded as cellular automaton[4].

Why It Matters

Wireworld draws 127 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_automaton category, ranking #3 of 7).[2] Wireworld has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] Wireworld is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Brian Silverman

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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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  1. 26d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Discoverer or inventor → Brian Silverman
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → cellular automaton
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 2635, Add qualifier to Rosetta Code page ID `Wireworld`"
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