Snowflake ID

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Snowflake ID

Summary

Snowflake ID is a free software[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (304 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Snowflake ID is the creator of Twitter[3].
  • Snowflake ID's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Snowflake ID's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[5].
  • Snowflake ID's subclass of is recorded as unique identifier[6].
  • Snowflake ID's software version identifier is recorded as 2010[7].
  • Snowflake ID's has use is recorded as distributed computing[8].
  • Snowflake ID's has part is recorded as timestamp[9].
  • Snowflake ID's has part is recorded as unique identifier[10].
  • Snowflake ID's has part is recorded as number[11].
  • Snowflake ID's official website is recorded as https://twitter.com/[12].
  • Snowflake ID's described at URL is recorded as https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-ids[13].
  • Snowflake ID's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/twitter-archive/snowflake[14].
  • Snowflake ID's used by is recorded as X[15].
  • Snowflake ID's used by is recorded as Discord[16].
  • Snowflake ID's used by is recorded as Instagram[17].
  • Snowflake ID's format as a regular expression is recorded as [0-9]{1,20}[18].
  • Snowflake ID's different from is recorded as Time-Sorted ID[19].
  • Snowflake ID's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11n63vsdr5[20].
  • Snowflake ID's data size is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8805', 'amount': '+64'}[21].
  • Snowflake ID's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[22].

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Authorship and Creation

Snowflake ID is the creator of Twitter[3].

Why It Matters

Snowflake ID ranks in the top 2% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (304 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Snowflake ID. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowflake-id
MLA “Snowflake ID.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowflake-id.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_snowflake-id_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Snowflake ID}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowflake-id}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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