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Autoconf

Summary

Autoconf is a programming tool[1]. Autoconf draws 456 Wikipedia views per month (programming_tool category, ranking #9 of 24).[2]

Key Facts

  • Autoconf's instance of is recorded as programming tool[3].
  • Autoconf's instance of is recorded as software library[4].
  • Autoconf's instance of is recorded as GNU package[5].
  • Autoconf's maintained by is recorded as Akim Demaille[6].
  • Autoconf's maintained by is recorded as Paul Eggert[7].
  • Autoconf's maintained by is recorded as Zachary Weinberg[8].
  • Autoconf is associated with the free software movement movement[9].
  • Autoconf's developer is recorded as GNU Project[10].
  • Autoconf's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[11].
  • Autoconf's programmed in is recorded as m4[12].
  • Autoconf's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[13].
  • Autoconf's software version identifier is recorded as 2.69[14].
  • Autoconf's software version identifier is recorded as 2.68[15].
  • Autoconf's software version identifier is recorded as 2.67[16].
  • Autoconf's software version identifier is recorded as 2.70[17].
  • Autoconf's software version identifier is recorded as 2.71[18].
  • Autoconf's software version identifier is recorded as 2.66[19].
  • Autoconf's software version identifier is recorded as 2.72[20].
  • Autoconf's software version identifier is recorded as 2.65[21].
  • Autoconf's software version identifier is recorded as 2.73[22].
  • Autoconf is part of GNU Project[23].
  • Autoconf is part of GNU build system[24].
  • Autoconf's Commons category is recorded as GNU Autoconf[25].
  • 1991 marks the founding of Autoconf[26].
  • Autoconf's official website is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html[27].

Body

Publication

Part of include GNU Project[23], an open-source project[28], founded in 1983[29] and GNU build system[24], a build system[30].

Subject and Themes

Autoconf is associated with the free software movement movement[9].

Why It Matters

Autoconf draws 456 Wikipedia views per month (programming_tool category, ranking #9 of 24).[2] Autoconf has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Autoconf is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Akim Demaille David MacKenzie GNU Project m4 Paul Eggert Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . 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. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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