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robot resembling a human, or in other uses specifically a human
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android

Summary

android ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (829 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • man is named after android[2].
  • android is a type of humanoid robot[3].
  • android's Commons category is recorded as Androids[4].
  • android's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Android (robot)[5].
  • android's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[6].
  • android's described by source is recorded as The Star Trek Encyclopedia[7].
  • android's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/tags/android[8].
  • android's different from is recorded as cyborg[9].
  • android's different from is recorded as gynoid[10].
  • android's different from is recorded as droid[11].
  • android's different from is recorded as Android[12].

Body

Definition and Type

android is a type of humanoid robot[3].

Origins

man is named after android[2].

Influence

Things named for android include Android[13], a mobile operating system[14], founded in 2008[15].

Why It Matters

android ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (829 views/month).[1] android has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] android is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for android include Android[13], a mobile operating system[14], founded in 2008[15].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . sportycup.com. sportycup.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → cyborg, gynoid, droid +1
    Named after → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → humanoid robot
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|14 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38190, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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