R

environment for statistical computing and graphics using the R programming language
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R

Summary

R is a GNU package[1]. R is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • R is the creator of Robert Gentleman[3].
  • R is the creator of Ross Ihaka[4].
  • R was influenced by S[5].
  • R's instance of is recorded as GNU package[6].
  • R's instance of is recorded as statistical package[7].
  • R's instance of is recorded as run-time system[8].
  • R's instance of is recorded as free software[9].
  • R's maintained by is recorded as Peter Dalgaard[10].
  • R is associated with the free software movement movement[11].
  • R's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[12].
  • R's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • R's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[14].
  • R's operating system is recorded as BSD[15].
  • R's operating system is recorded as macOS[16].
  • R's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[17].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2.2[18].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.2.3[19].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.3[20].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.0[21].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.0[22].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.1[23].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.2[24].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.1[25].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.2[26].
  • R's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.3[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Created works include Robert Gentleman[3], a bioinformatician[28], b. 1959[29], of Canada[30], awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award[31] and Ross Ihaka[4], a statistician[32], b. 1954[33], of New Zealand[34], awarded the Pickering Medal[35].

Publication

R is part of GNU Project[36].

Subject and Themes

R is associated with the free software movement movement[11].

Why It Matters

R is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [36] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · NMaia · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.gnu.org/software/r/, https://www.r-project.org/, https://developer.r-project.org/
    Software version identifier → 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.3 +11
    Debian wiki article → GNU_R
    Source code repository url → https://salsa.debian.org/edd/r-base.git
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13616]]: GNU_R, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/199167858|GNU_R (#199167858)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7033|Debian Wiki article]] #mix'"
  2. 16w ago · RogueScholar · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q206904
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q206904]]"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0359058-R-software
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0359058-R-software, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  4. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osdn project → —
    Fedora package → —
    Movement → free software movement
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    + 110 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539738205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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