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Prime95: Applications, Finding Mersenne primes by volunteer computing & Overview

Prime95, also distributed as the command-line utility mprime for FreeBSD, Linux, and MacOS is a freeware application written by George Woltman. It is the official client of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a volunteer computing project dedicated to searching for Mersenne primes. It is also used in overclocking to test for system stability.

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Prime95 topic overview

The analysis highlights Applications, Finding Mersenne primes by volunteer computing and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Prime95.

Related topics
30
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
34
Extracted relationships
47
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
34

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 14 topics
Finding Mersenne primes by volunteer computing · 12 topics
Gwnum · 3 topics
Use for stress testing · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Developer
George Woltman
License
Freeware
Operating system
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD
Preview release
31.07 build 1 / August 2, 2026; 22 days ago (2026-08-02)
Release
3 January 1996; 30 years ago (1996-01-03)
Stable release
30.19 build 20 / June 2, 2024; 2 years ago (2024-06-02)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Finding Mersenne primes by volunteer computing

Gwnum

Use for stress testing

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Prime95 connects Entity context

The extracted context around Prime95 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Prime95 → April, As, Current, Fermat, Finally, For, GIMPS, GPU, Lehmer, Lucas, Mersenne, Pollard's, PRP, Specifically, To, Trial, Williams's Another extracted example is Prime95 → Additionally, As, CPU, CPU's, FFT, In, Prime95's, RAM, Self-Test, The, There, These, To. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Prime95

Top relations

related to Finding Mersenne primes by volunteer computing · 17
Prime95 → April, As, Current, Fermat, Finally, For, GIMPS, GPU, Lehmer, Lucas, Mersenne, Pollard's, PRP, Specifically, To, Trial, Williams's
related to Use for stress testing · 13
Prime95 → Additionally, As, CPU, CPU's, FFT, In, Prime95's, RAM, Self-Test, The, There, These, To
related to gwnum · 6
Prime95 → CPUs, ECM Stage, For, It, P-1, PrimeGrid's PRST
Developer · 1
Prime95 → George Woltman
License · 1
Prime95 → Freeware
Operating system · 1
Prime95 → Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD
Preview release · 1
Prime95 → 31.07 build 1 / August 2, 2026; 22 days ago (2026-08-02)
Release · 1
Prime95 → 3 January 1996; 30 years ago (1996-01-03)
Stable release · 1
Prime95 → 30.19 build 20 / June 2, 2024; 2 years ago (2024-06-02)
Type · 1
Prime95 → Mersenne prime finder / system stability tester

Important terminology

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Important terminology

used prime test also mersenne gimps testing using stress computing primes written primality number distributed gwnum volunteer system stability freebsd

Prime95 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 47 structured relationships around Prime95. Examples in this analysis include Prime95 → Developer → George Woltman and Prime95 → License → Freeware. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Prime95DeveloperGeorge Woltman1.00infobox
Prime95LicenseFreeware1.00infobox
Prime95Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD1.00infobox
Prime95Preview release31.07 build 1 / August 2, 2026; 22 days ago (2026-08-02)1.00infobox
Prime95Release3 January 1996; 30 years ago (1996-01-03)1.00infobox
Prime95Stable release30.19 build 20 / June 2, 2024; 2 years ago (2024-06-02)1.00infobox
Prime95TypeMersenne prime finder / system stability tester1.00infobox
Prime95Websitemersenne.org1.00infobox
Prime95Written inASM, C1.00infobox
PrimeGrid's PRSTinstance ofIt also implements polynomial multiplication for use in P-1 and ECM Stage 2.gwnum is also used by other distributed computing projects0.80text
Prime95related to External linksOfficial0.60section
Prime95related to Finding Mersenne primes by volunteer computingFermat0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Prime95 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Prime, Using and Fermat. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Prime
    • Using
    • Fermat
    • First
    • Test
    • Tests
    • Primes
    • Gimps
    • Number
    • Testing
    • Used
    • George
  • prime95
    • Prime
    • Using
    • Fermat
    • First
    • Test
    • Tests
    • Primes
    • Gimps
    • Number
    • Testing
    • Used
    • George
  • freebsd
    • Freeware
    • George
    • Linux
    • Macos
    • Woltman
    • Written
    • License
    • Fermat
    • Numbers
    • Stability
    • System
    • Tests
  • linux
    • Freeware
    • George
    • Macos
    • Woltman
    • Written
    • License
    • Fermat
    • Numbers
    • Stability
    • System
    • Tests
    • Use
  • freeware
    • George
    • Linux
    • Macos
    • Woltman
    • Written
    • License
    • Fermat
    • Numbers
    • Stability
    • System
    • Tests
    • Use
  • great internet mersenne prime search
    • Primes
    • Gimps
    • Volunteer
    • Much
    • Numbers
    • Prime95
    • Computing
    • License
    • Testing
    • Code
    • Fermat
    • Primality
  • volunteer computing
    • Use
    • Volunteer
    • Prime
    • Gwnum
    • Mersenne
    • Primes
    • Stress
    • Testing
    • Woltman
    • Freebsd
    • Freeware
    • George
  • mersenne primes
    • Primes
    • Gimps
    • Numbers
    • Volunteer
    • Computing
    • Gwnum
    • Primality
    • Prime
    • Testing
    • Using
    • License
    • Woltman

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Prime95, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Prime95 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Prime95Overview · splits 20 ⟂ 15
Prime95Finding Mersenne primes by volunteer computing · splits 22 ⟂ 13
Prime95Gwnum · splits 31 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Prime95

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples47
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Prime95 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Finding Mersenne primes by volunteer computing & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Prime95 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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