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Xkcd

xkcd (sometimes styled XKCD) is a serial webcomic created in 2005 by American author Randall Munroe. The comic's tagline describes it as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". Munroe states on the comic's website that the name of the comic is not an acronym but "just a word with no phonetic pronunciation".

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Author
Randall Munroe
Current status/schedule
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Genre(s)
Comedy, geek humor
Launch date
September 2005; 20 years ago (2005-09)

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Nodes108
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Triples128
Avg. degree1.98
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Xkcd

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related to Academic research · 35
Xkcd → Bit String, Correct, Curve Mapping, Dependency, Election Map, Empirical Research, Evolution, Failure, Four-Letter Word, High Level Internet Scale, How, HyperStorylines, In, Interactively, Internet, It, Map, Memorize, Movie Narrative Charts, Parody
related to Further reading · 21
Xkcd → An, April, Archived, Comixtalk, December, Erg, February, Google, January, March, Means, Munroe, Once, Physicist, Physics World, Randall, Randall Munroe, Retrieved May, Retrieved October, Talking
related to Awards and recognition · 17
Xkcd → Best Comic Strip, Best Fan Artist, Best Graphic Story, Hugo Award, In, Medium, NewNowNext Award, OMFG Internet Award, Outstanding Comedic Comic, Outstanding Short Form Comic, Outstanding Single Panel Comic, Outstanding Use, Randall Munroe, The, Time, Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards, Weblog Awards
related to Books · 15
Xkcd → CC BY-NC, Creative Commons, Death, In September, Laos, Machine, Munroe, New York City, October, Read, Room, Salavan Province, Silicon Valley, Six, The
related to Recurring themes · 14
Xkcd → Facebook, Guitar Hero, However, Linux, Many, Munroe's, My Hobby, Recurring, Romance, There, Vanilla Ice, Velociraptor, While, Wikipedia
related to history · 8
Xkcd → According, As, By, Derek Radtke, In January, Munroe, Munroe's, September
related to Influences · 7
Xkcd → Charles, Despite, In, Internet, Munroe, Schulz's Peanuts, United States
related to External links · 5
Xkcd → Browse, June, Official, This, What-IfExplain
Author · 1
Xkcd → Randall Munroe
Current status/schedule · 1
Xkcd → Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays

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munroe comic book released inspired scientific september time titled webcomic comics website 2007 internet randall strips published 2014 one new

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XkcdAuthorRandall Munroe1.00infobox
XkcdCurrent status/scheduleMondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays1.00infobox
XkcdGenre(s)Comedy, geek humor1.00infobox
XkcdLaunch dateSeptember 2005; 20 years ago (2005-09)1.00infobox
XkcdWebsitexkcd.com1.00infobox
fractalsinstance ofand intricate mathematical patterns0.80text
Xkcdrelated to Academic researchIn0.60section
Xkcdrelated to Academic researchThese0.60section
Xkcdrelated to Academic researchHigh Level Internet Scale0.60section
Xkcdrelated to Academic researchTraffic Visualization Using Hilbert0.60section
Xkcdrelated to Academic researchCurve Mapping0.60section
Xkcdrelated to Academic researchIt0.60section

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