Nmap

Summary

Nmap is an application software^[1]. Nmap ranks in the top 3% of application_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (328 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nmap's image is recorded as Nmap-4.53.png^[3].
• Nmap's instance of is recorded as application software^[4].
• Nmap's instance of is recorded as port scanner^[5].
• Nmap's instance of is recorded as free software^[6].
• Nmap's maintained by is recorded as Gordon Lyon^[7].
• Nmap's logo image is recorded as Logo nmap.png^[8].
• Nmap's developer is recorded as Gordon Lyon^[9].
• Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Q2407^[10].
• Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Python^[11].
• Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[12].
• Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Lua^[13].
• Nmap's programmed in is recorded as Java^[14].
• Nmap's operating system is recorded as Q3251801^[15].
• Nmap's operating system is recorded as BSD^[16].
• Nmap's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows^[17].
• Nmap's operating system is recorded as macOS^[18].
• Nmap's operating system is recorded as Android^[19].
• Nmap's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system^[20].
• Nmap's operating system is recorded as Solaris^[21].
• Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 6.47^[22].
• Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.00^[23].
• Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.01^[24].
• Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.10^[25].
• Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.12^[26].
• Nmap's software version identifier is recorded as 7.30^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include application software^[4], port scanner^[5], and free software^[6].

History and Context

+1997-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 (328 views/month).^[2] Nmap has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Nmap is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for Nmap include Application Mapper^[29], a software^[30].