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shareware

Summary

shareware is a software license[1]. shareware draws 636 Wikipedia views per month (software_license category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • shareware's instance of is recorded as software license[3].
  • shareware's instance of is recorded as license[4].
  • shareware is a type of proprietary software[5].
  • shareware is a type of application software[6].
  • shareware is a type of commercial software[7].
  • shareware's Commons category is recorded as Shareware[8].
  • shareware's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shareware[9].
  • shareware's product or material produced is recorded as software[10].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include software license[3] and license[4].

Why It Matters

shareware draws 636 Wikipedia views per month (software_license category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] shareware has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] shareware is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). shareware. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shareware
MLA “shareware.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shareware.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shareware_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{shareware}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shareware}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → software license, license
    Product → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556105405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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