DOT language

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DOT language

Summary

DOT language is a file format[1]. It draws 171 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #42 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • DOT language's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • DOT language's instance of is recorded as data description language[4].
  • DOT language's developer is recorded as Bell Labs[5].
  • DOT language's has use is recorded as science[6].
  • DOT language's has use is recorded as graph[7].
  • DOT language's Commons category is recorded as DOT language[8].
  • DOT language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r6wd[9].
  • DOT language's media type is recorded as text/vnd.graphviz[10].
  • DOT language's file extension is recorded as gv[11].
  • DOT language's file extension is recorded as dot[12].
  • DOT language's used by is recorded as Q260889[13].
  • DOT language's different from is recorded as Microsoft Word document template[14].
  • DOT language's user manual URL is recorded as https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/lang.html[15].
  • DOT language's user manual URL is recorded as https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/attrs.html[16].
  • DOT language's user manual URL is recorded as https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/shapes.html[17].
  • DOT language's user manual URL is recorded as https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/arrows.html[18].
  • DOT language's user manual URL is recorded as https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/colors.html[19].
  • DOT language's BabelNet ID is recorded as 16379439n[20].
  • DOT language's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as DOT_(graph_description_language)[21].
  • DOT language's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20031849[22].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format[3] and data description language[4].

Why It Matters

DOT language draws 171 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #42 of 297).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . reference.wolfram.com. reference.wolfram.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). DOT language. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dot-language
MLA “DOT language.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dot-language.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dot-language_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{DOT language}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dot-language}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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