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What we add

Graph

A glossary entry defines a term and stops there. It doesn't show where the term is actually being used or written about. We track and link every article that covers it.

BlogPosting Western Digital appoints Ahmed Shihab as Chief Product Officer

Counted facts

A dictionary definition doesn't say how often a term is actually used. This counts it across the graph -- articles that mention it, open source projects tagged with it, and the organizations tagged with it, listed here alongside the count. A term has no peer companies, and nothing here claims otherwise.

Articles mentioning this entity 1 Open source projects 1 Organizations tagged 2 Organizations Adaptec, virtual solution srl Related terms Related terms (co-occurring topics)