Wayback Machine

digital archive founded by the Internet Archive
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Wayback Machine

Summary

Wayback Machine is a web archive[1]. It draws 7,518 Wikipedia views per month (web_archive category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wayback Machine is the creator of Brewster Kahle[3].
  • Wayback Machine is the creator of Bruce Gilliat[4].
  • Wayback Machine is in the country of United States[5].
  • Wayback Machine's image is recorded as Wayback Machine.png[6].
  • Wayback Machine's instance of is recorded as web archive[7].
  • Wayback Machine's owned by is recorded as Internet Archive[8].
  • Wayback Machine's operator is recorded as Internet Archive[9].
  • Wayback Machine's logo image is recorded as Wayback Machine logo 2010.svg[10].
  • Wayback Machine's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[11].
  • Wayback Machine's programmed in is recorded as Q42478[12].
  • Wayback Machine's programmed in is recorded as Java[13].
  • Wayback Machine's programmed in is recorded as Python[14].
  • Wayback Machine's part of is recorded as Internet Archive[15].
  • Wayback Machine's part of is recorded as deep web[16].
  • Wayback Machine's Commons category is recorded as Wayback Machine[17].
  • Wayback Machine's language of work or name is recorded as English[18].
  • +2001-10-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wayback Machine[19].
  • Wayback Machine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09g8vjz[20].
  • Wayback Machine's Internet Archive ID is recorded as web[21].
  • Wayback Machine's official website is recorded as https://web.archive.org[22].
  • Wayback Machine's official website is recorded as https://archive.org/web/[23].
  • Wayback Machine's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected][24].
  • Wayback Machine's facet of is recorded as web archiving[25].
  • Wayback Machine's described by source is recorded as Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure[26].
  • Wayback Machine's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+303'}[27].

Body

Founding

+2001-10-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wayback Machine[19].

Identity

Part of include Internet Archive[15], a nonprofit organization[28], in United States[29], founded in 1996[30], headquartered in Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist[31] and deep web[16], a narrative location[32].

Operations

Wayback Machine's operator is recorded as Internet Archive[9].

Ownership

Wayback Machine's owned by is recorded as Internet Archive[8].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Wayback Machine include Wayforward Machine[33], a website[34], founded in 2021[35].

Why It Matters

Wayback Machine draws 7,518 Wikipedia views per month (web_archive category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include Wayforward Machine[33], a website[34], founded in 2021[35].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . whois.domaintools.com. whois.domaintools.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . alexa.com. alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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