Parameter (computer programming)

Parameter - in computer programming, special kind of variable that holds data that was passed as an argument to a subroutine. Article "Parameter (computer programming)" in English Wikipedia has 42.3 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 23 references and 16 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In July 2024 the article "Parameter (computer programming)" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Parameter (computer programming)", its content was written by 134 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 517 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 249 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1408 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8159 in November 2003
• Global: #14116 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #37686 in September 2014
• Global: #20976 in June 2008

There are 23 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		42.2704
2	Chinese (zh) 參數 (程式設計)		40.3253
3	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		34.1732
4	Polish (pl) Parametr (informatyka)		27.8969
5	Simple English (simple) Parameter (computer science)		23.0886
6	Norwegian (no) Parameter (informatikk)		21.7499
7	Arabic (ar) وسيط (برمجة)		21.4939
8	Uzbek (uz) Parametr		21.1126
9	Japanese (ja) 引数		14.1712
10	Portuguese (pt) Parâmetro (ciência da computação)		13.8063

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Parameter (computer programming)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		1 961 475
2	Japanese (ja) 引数		741 976
3	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		524 416
4	Spanish (es) Argumento (informática)		373 856
5	French (fr) Paramètre (programmation informatique)		319 647
6	Russian (ru) Параметр (программирование)		248 918
7	Portuguese (pt) Parâmetro (ciência da computação)		174 930
8	Korean (ko) 매개변수 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)		115 870
9	Vietnamese (vi) Tham số (lập trình máy tính)		94 889
10	Finnish (fi) Parametri (tietotekniikka)		83 541

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Parameter (computer programming)" in July 2024

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		4 001
2	Japanese (ja) 引数		1 575
3	French (fr) Paramètre (programmation informatique)		1 187
4	Chinese (zh) 參數 (程式設計)		830
5	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		775
6	Korean (ko) 매개변수 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)		679
7	Russian (ru) Параметр (программирование)		440
8	Portuguese (pt) Parâmetro (ciência da computação)		263
9	Spanish (es) Argumento (informática)		210
10	Finnish (fi) Parametri (tietotekniikka)		166

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Parameter (computer programming)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		134
2	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		80
3	French (fr) Paramètre (programmation informatique)		60
4	Japanese (ja) 引数		47
5	Russian (ru) Параметр (программирование)		39
6	Spanish (es) Argumento (informática)		21
7	Czech (cs) Parametr funkce		17
8	Ukrainian (uk) Параметр (програмування)		17
9	Portuguese (pt) Parâmetro (ciência da computação)		13
10	Vietnamese (vi) Tham số (lập trình máy tính)		13

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Parameter (computer programming)" with the highest AI in July 2024

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		2
2	Arabic (ar) وسيط (برمجة)		0
3	Catalan (ca) Paràmetre (informàtica)		0
4	Czech (cs) Parametr funkce		0
5	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		0
6	Greek (el) Παράμετρος (υπολογιστές)		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Parametro (programado)		0
8	Spanish (es) Argumento (informática)		0
9	Persian (fa) پارامتر (برنامه‌نویسی رایانه‌ای)		0
10	Finnish (fi) Parametri (tietotekniikka)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Parameter (computer programming)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		249
2	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		233
3	French (fr) Paramètre (programmation informatique)		169
4	Japanese (ja) 引数		156
5	Portuguese (pt) Parâmetro (ciência da computação)		89
6	Spanish (es) Argumento (informática)		77
7	Russian (ru) Параметр (программирование)		74
8	Czech (cs) Parametr funkce		52
9	Polish (pl) Parametr (informatyka)		50
10	Chinese (zh) 參數 (程式設計)		47

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وسيط (برمجة)
ca	Catalan Paràmetre (informàtica)
cs	Czech Parametr funkce
de	German Parameter (Informatik)
el	Greek Παράμετρος (υπολογιστές)
en	English Parameter (computer programming)
eo	Esperanto Parametro (programado)
es	Spanish Argumento (informática)
fa	Persian پارامتر (برنامه‌نویسی رایانه‌ای)
fi	Finnish Parametri (tietotekniikka)
fr	French Paramètre (programmation informatique)
ja	Japanese 引数
ko	Korean 매개변수 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)
no	Norwegian Parameter (informatikk)
pl	Polish Parametr (informatyka)
pt	Portuguese Parâmetro (ciência da computação)
ru	Russian Параметр (программирование)
simple	Simple English Parameter (computer science)
sl	Slovenian Parameter (računalništvo)
uk	Ukrainian Параметр (програмування)
uz	Uzbek Parametr
vi	Vietnamese Tham số (lập trình máy tính)
zh	Chinese 參數 (程式設計)

Best Rank

English: #37686 09.2014

Global: #20976 06.2008

Best Rank

English: #8159 11.2003

Global: #14116 03.2004

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