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Windows API

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Windows API

Summary

Windows API is an application programming interface[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of application_programming_interface entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (234 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Windows API's instance of is recorded as application programming interface[3].
  • Windows API's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k_qj[4].
  • Windows API's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Windows APIs[5].
  • Windows API's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/winapi[6].
  • Windows API's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WinAPI'}[7].
  • Windows API's name in kana is recorded as ウィンドウズ エーピーアイ[8].
  • Windows API's Quora topic ID is recorded as Windows-Api[9].
  • Windows API's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20036899[10].
  • Windows API's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007289707905171[11].
  • Windows API's Namuwiki ID is recorded as Windows API[12].

Why It Matters

Windows API ranks in the top 6% of application_programming_interface entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (234 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

application programming interface Microsoft CryptoAPI Microsoft Windows SimulaBeta Windows 7 Windows 8.1 XML User Interface Language

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Windows API. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-api
MLA “Windows API.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-api.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_windows-api_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Windows API}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-api}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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