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desktop environment

environment with a graphical user interface using the desktop metaphor
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desktop environment

Summary

desktop environment is a software category[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (419 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • desktop environment's image is recorded as Kubuntu 23.10 with menu - English.png[3].
  • desktop environment's instance of is recorded as software category[4].
  • desktop environment's subclass of is recorded as operating system shell[5].
  • desktop environment's subclass of is recorded as operating system component[6].
  • desktop environment's part of is recorded as operating system[7].
  • desktop environment's Commons category is recorded as Desktop environments[8].
  • desktop environment's has part is recorded as window manager[9].
  • desktop environment's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hwf2[10].
  • desktop environment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Desktop environments[11].
  • desktop environment's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1414[12].
  • desktop environment's different from is recorded as lectern[13].
  • desktop environment's uses is recorded as graphical user interface[14].
  • desktop environment's uses is recorded as desktop metaphor[15].
  • desktop environment's Yahoo Answers category ID is recorded as 396545670[16].
  • desktop environment's P6009 is recorded as 5424[17].
  • desktop environment's Fandom article ID is recorded as computer:Desktop[18].
  • desktop environment's Fandom article ID is recorded as microsoft:Desktop[19].
  • desktop environment's Fandom article ID is recorded as apple:Desktop[20].
  • desktop environment's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 데스크톱 환경[21].
  • desktop environment's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/graphical-desktop[22].
  • desktop environment's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/desktop-environment[23].
  • desktop environment's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Desktop_environment[24].
  • desktop environment's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Desktop_environment/de[25].
  • desktop environment's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Desktop_environment/fr[26].
  • desktop environment's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Desktop_environment/hu[27].

Why It Matters

desktop environment ranks in the top 10% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (419 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

desktop Linux EDE GNUstep Desktop KDE Plasma K Desktop Environment 1 KDE Software Compilation KDE Software Compilation 4 Mezzo operating system UDE

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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