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code

Summary

code ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,540 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • code is a type of sign[2].
  • code is a type of rule-based system[3].
  • code is used for data conversion[4].
  • code's Commons category is recorded as Coding[5].
  • code's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Encodings[6].
  • code's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[7].
  • code's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[8].
  • code's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3294[9].
  • code's different from is recorded as Committee for the Defence of Democracy[10].
  • code's different from is recorded as code[11].
  • code's different from is recorded as cipher[12].
  • code's different from is recorded as program code[13].
  • code's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+378558'}[14].
  • code's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+376551'}[15].
  • code's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+371118'}[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include sign[2] and rule-based system[3].

Use and Application

code is used for data conversion[4].

Influence

Things named for code include The Da Vinci Code[17], a literary work[18], written by Dan Brown[19]; The Apocalypse Code[20], a film[21], directed by Vadim Shmelyov[22]; and CodeImage[23], a web application[24], in United States[25], founded in 2020[26].

Why It Matters

code ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,540 views/month).[1] code has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] code is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for code include The Da Vinci Code[17], a literary work[18], written by Dan Brown[19]; The Apocalypse Code[20], a film[21], directed by Vadim Shmelyov[22]; and CodeImage[23], a web application[24], in United States[25], founded in 2020[26].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . 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.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of sign, rule-based system
    Main wikidata property P3294
    Social media followers {'amount': '+378558'}, {'amount': '+376551'}, {'amount': '+371118'}
    Topic's main category Category:Encodings
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9344, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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