Editing ROOT (section)

{{Short description|Data analysis software}}
{{About|the computing library developed by CERN|the part of a plant|Root|other uses|Root (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox software
| name = ROOT
| logo = ROOT Logo.png
| logo_size = 297px
| screenshot = CMS ROOT plot.png
| caption = The CMS experiments presented on July 4, 2012, the status of the Standard Model Higgs search. All plots presented that day used ROOT.
| developer = [[CERN]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://root.cern/about/team/|title=ROOT Team|website=root.cern|language=en|access-date=2022-02-10}}</ref>
| latest_release_version = 6.32.12
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2025|04|08}}
| author = René Brun, Fons Rademakers <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://root.cern/about/project_founders/|title=Project Founders|website=root.cern|language=en|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref>
| programming language = [[C++]]
| operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[OS X]], [[Linux]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[IBM AIX]]
| platform = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]]
| size = 86–327 [[Megabytes|MB]]
| genre = [[Data analysis]], [[Plot (graphics)|Plotting]]
| license = [[LGPL]]/[[GPL]]
| website = {{URL|root.cern}}
}}
'''ROOT''' is an [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]] [[computer program]] and [[Library (computing)|library]] developed by [[CERN]]. It was originally designed for [[particle physics]] [[data analysis]] and contains several features specific to the field, but it is also used in other applications such as [[astronomy]] and [[data mining]].  The latest minor release is 6.34, as of 2025-04-08.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ROOT Version 6.34 Release Notes |url=https://root.cern/doc/v634/release-notes.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=root.cern |language=en}}</ref>