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Wirth's law

computing adage popularized by Niklaus Wirth that that software gets slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster
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Wirth's law

Summary

Wirth's law is an adage[1]. It draws 251 Wikipedia views per month (adage category, ranking #13 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wirth's law's instance of is recorded as adage[3].
  • Wirth's law's instance of is recorded as Epigrammatic law[4].
  • Niklaus Wirth is named after Wirth's law[5].
  • Wirth's law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/070gp4[6].
  • Wirth's law's partially coincident with is recorded as Jevons paradox[7].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include adage[3] and Epigrammatic law[4].

History and Context

Niklaus Wirth is named after Wirth's law[5].

Why It Matters

Wirth's law draws 251 Wikipedia views per month (adage category, ranking #13 of 19).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Niklaus Wirth

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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