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Edlin

line-oriented text editor that was the only text editor provided with early versions of IBM PC DOS and MS-DOS
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Edlin

Summary

Edlin is a line editor[1]. Edlin draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (line_editor category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Edlin's instance of is recorded as line editor[3].
  • Edlin's developer is recorded as Microsoft[4].
  • Edlin's operating system is recorded as 86-DOS[5].
  • +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Edlin[6].
  • Edlin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nqk[7].
  • Edlin's introduced feature is recorded as text editing[8].
  • Edlin's official website is recorded as https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490632(v=technet.10)[9].
  • Edlin's replaced by is recorded as MS-DOS Editor[10].
  • Edlin's replaced by is recorded as Notepad[11].

Why It Matters

Edlin draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (line_editor category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] Edlin has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

Related Entities

86-DOS Microsoft

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_edlin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Edlin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/edlin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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