Nmap
network discovery and security auditing tool
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Nmap
Summary
Nmap is an application software[1]. Nmap ranks in the top 3% of application_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,270 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Nmap's instance of is recorded as application software[3].
- Nmap's instance of is recorded as port scanner[4].
- Nmap's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
- Nmap's instance of is recorded as command-line tool[6].
- Nmap's maintained by is recorded as Gordon Lyon[7].
- Nmap's developer is recorded as Gordon Lyon[8].
- Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[9].
- Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Python[10].
- Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[11].
- Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Lua[12].
- Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Java[13].
- Nmap's operating system is recorded as Linux[14].
- Nmap's operating system is recorded as BSD[15].
- Nmap's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[16].
- Nmap's operating system is recorded as macOS[17].
- Nmap's operating system is recorded as Android[18].
- Nmap's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[19].
- Nmap's operating system is recorded as Solaris[20].
- Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 6.47[21].
- Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.00[22].
- Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.01[23].
- Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.10[24].
- Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.12[25].
- Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.30[26].
- Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.40[27].
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Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include application software[3], port scanner[4], free software[5], and command-line tool[6].
History and Context
September 1, 1997 marks the founding of Nmap[28].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Nmap include Application Mapper[29], a software[30].
Why It Matters
Nmap ranks in the top 3% of application_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,270 views/month).[2] Nmap has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Nmap is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for Nmap include Application Mapper[29], a software[30].