Xlib

X Window System protocol client library written in the C programming language
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Xlib

Summary

Xlib is a software library[1]. Xlib draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (software_library category, ranking #39 of 200).[2]

Key Facts

  • Xlib's image is recorded as Xlib square example with ICEWM decorations.png[3].
  • Xlib's instance of is recorded as software library[4].
  • Xlib's instance of is recorded as C library[5].
  • Xlib's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • Xlib's developer is recorded as X.Org Foundation[7].
  • Xlib's copyright license is recorded as Expat license[8].
  • Xlib's copyright license is recorded as X11 license[9].
  • Xlib's copyright license is recorded as Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer[10].
  • Xlib's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[11].
  • Xlib's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[12].
  • Xlib's operating system is recorded as BSD[13].
  • Xlib's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[14].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.8[15].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.9[16].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.10[17].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.11[18].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.12[19].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.0[20].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.1[21].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.2[22].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.3[23].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.4[24].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.5[25].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8[26].
  • Xlib's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.1[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include software library[4], C library[5], and free software[6].

History and Context

+1985-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Xlib[28].

Why It Matters

Xlib draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (software_library category, ranking #39 of 200).[2] Xlib has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Xlib is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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] . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . lists.x.org. Retrieved . lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . lists.x.org. Retrieved . lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . lists.x.org. Retrieved . lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . lists.x.org. Retrieved . lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . lists.x.org. Retrieved . lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . lists.x.org. Retrieved . lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . lists.x.org. lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . lists.x.org. lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . lists.x.org. lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . lists.x.org. lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . lists.x.org. lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . lists.x.org. lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . lists.x.org. lists.x.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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