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kill switch

safety mechanism to quickly shut down a system in an emergency, when it cannot be shut down in the usual manner
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kill switch

Summary

kill switch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (396 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • kill switch's image is recorded as Not-Aus Betätiger.jpg[2].
  • kill switch's subclass of is recorded as emergency button[3].
  • kill switch's subclass of is recorded as protective device[4].
  • kill switch's has use is recorded as shutdown procedure[5].
  • kill switch's Commons category is recorded as Emergency stop buttons[6].
  • kill switch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03dxfh[7].
  • kill switch's facet of is recorded as safety engineering[8].
  • kill switch's different from is recorded as dead man's switch[9].
  • kill switch's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 21951796[10].
  • kill switch's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777664494[11].
  • kill switch's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 484364[12].

Why It Matters

kill switch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (396 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kill-switch_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{kill switch}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kill-switch}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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