Processing

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Processing

Summary

Processing is an object-based language[1]. Processing draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (object_based_language category, ranking #15 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • Processing is the creator of Casey Reas[3].
  • Processing is the creator of Ben Fry[4].
  • Processing was influenced by Design By Numbers[5].
  • Processing's image is recorded as Processing 4.0b1 Screenshot.png[6].
  • Processing's instance of is recorded as object-based language[7].
  • Processing's instance of is recorded as programming language[8].
  • Processing's instance of is recorded as integrated development environment[9].
  • Processing's logo image is recorded as Processing 2021 logo.svg[10].
  • Processing's logo image is recorded as Processing Logo Clipped.svg[11].
  • Processing's developer is recorded as Processing Foundation[12].
  • Processing's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 8154440151135342881[13].
  • Processing's GND ID is recorded as 7674975-7[14].
  • Processing's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2008006434[15].
  • Processing's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16265636f[16].
  • Processing's IdRef ID is recorded as 150222149[17].
  • Processing's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License[18].
  • Processing's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[19].
  • Processing's programmed in is recorded as Java[20].
  • Processing's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[21].
  • Processing's operating system is recorded as Linux[22].
  • Processing's operating system is recorded as macOS[23].
  • Processing's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[24].
  • Processing's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.1[25].
  • Processing's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5.1[26].
  • Processing's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include object-based language[7], programming language[8], and integrated development environment[9].

History and Context

+2001-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Processing[28].

Why It Matters

Processing draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (object_based_language category, ranking #15 of 28).[2] Processing has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Processing is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Processing has been cited as an influence by Kojo[31], a programming language[32], founded in 2010[33].

FAQs

Who did Processing influence?

Processing has been cited as an influence by Kojo[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] . wikidata.org.
  26. [5] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . 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. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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