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LaTeX

Summary

LaTeX is a word processor[1]. LaTeX ranks in the top 6% of word_processor entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,526 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • LaTeX's instance of is recorded as word processor[3].
  • LaTeX's instance of is recorded as TeX macro package[4].
  • LaTeX's instance of is recorded as desktop publishing software[5].
  • LaTeX's instance of is recorded as markup language[6].
  • LaTeX's instance of is recorded as open science tool[7].
  • LaTeX's instance of is recorded as file format[8].
  • LaTeX's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[9].
  • Leslie Lamport is named after LaTeX[10].
  • TeX is named after LaTeX[11].
  • LaTeX's based on is recorded as TeX[12].
  • LaTeX's developer is recorded as Leslie Lamport[13].
  • LaTeX's copyright license is recorded as LaTeX Project Public License[14].
  • LaTeX's programmed in is recorded as TeX[15].
  • LaTeX is a type of markup language[16].
  • LaTeX's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[17].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as 2.09[18].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as 2ε[19].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as April 2018 LaTeX release[20].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as December 2018 LaTeX release[21].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as October 2019 LaTeX release[22].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as Spring 2021 LaTeX release[23].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as Fall 2021 LaTeX release[24].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as June 2022 LaTeX release[25].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as November 2022 LaTeX release[26].
  • LaTeX's software version identifier is recorded as June 2023 LaTeX release[27].

Body

Publication

LaTeX was released on 1984[28].

Cultural Impact

Things named for LaTeX include AMS-LaTeX[29], a TeX macro package[30].

Why It Matters

LaTeX ranks in the top 6% of word_processor entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,526 views/month).[2] LaTeX has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] LaTeX is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for LaTeX include AMS-LaTeX[29], a TeX macro package[30].

Related Entities

CDLaTeX cross-platform Leslie Lamport Mathematica MeWa pdfjam TeX

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . xent.com. Retrieved . xent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . xent.com. Retrieved . xent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . latex-project.org. latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . latex-project.org. latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . latex-project.org. latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . latex-project.org. latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . latex-project.org. latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . latex-project.org. Retrieved . latex-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id → format_3817
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18682, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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