Hungarian notation

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Hungarian notation

Summary

Hungarian notation is a naming convention[1]. It draws 359 Wikipedia views per month (naming_convention category, ranking #4 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hungarian notation is credited with the discovery of Charles Simonyi[3].
  • Hungarian notation's instance of is recorded as naming convention[4].
  • Hungarian name is named after Hungarian notation[5].
  • Hungarian notation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c1rc[6].
  • Hungarian notation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/hungarian-notation[7].
  • Hungarian notation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Hungarian-Notation[8].
  • Hungarian notation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781100908[9].
  • Hungarian notation's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 헝가리안 표기법[10].
  • Hungarian notation's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Hungarian+Notation[11].

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Works and Contributions

Hungarian notation is credited with the discovery of Charles Simonyi[3].

Why It Matters

Hungarian notation draws 359 Wikipedia views per month (naming_convention category, ranking #4 of 10).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Quora. 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.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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