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Unix command to commit all data in the kernel filesystem to non-volatile storage buffers
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Summary

sync is a system call[1]. sync draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (system_call category, ranking #14 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • sync's instance of is recorded as system call[3].
  • sync's instance of is recorded as command[4].
  • sync's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].
  • sync's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d80l1[6].
  • sync's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 3913047[7].
  • sync's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3913047[8].

Why It Matters

sync draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (system_call category, ranking #14 of 17).[2] sync has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Related Entities

GNU Core Utilities

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sync. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sync
MLA “sync.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sync.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sync_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sync}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sync}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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