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Protocol Buffers

Summary

Protocol Buffers is a data serialization format[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of data_serialization_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,193 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Protocol Buffers's instance of is recorded as data serialization format[3].
  • Protocol Buffers's instance of is recorded as interface description language[4].
  • Protocol Buffers's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Protocol Buffers's instance of is recorded as file format[6].
  • Protocol Buffers's developer is recorded as Google[7].
  • Protocol Buffers's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses[8].
  • Protocol Buffers's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[9].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.0[10].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.4.1[11].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.4.0[12].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.3.0[13].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.2.0[14].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1.0[15].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.2[16].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.0[17].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 2.6.1[18].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 2.6.0[19].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 2.5.0[20].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 2.4.1[21].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.1[22].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.6.0[23].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.6.1[24].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.0[25].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.7.1[26].
  • Protocol Buffers's software version identifier is recorded as 3.8.0[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include data serialization format[3], interface description language[4], free software[5], and file format[6].

Why It Matters

Protocol Buffers ranks in the top 7% of data_serialization_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,193 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

C++ cross-platform free software Google

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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