Self-modifying code

Self-modifying code - source code that alters its instructions to the hardware while executing. Article “Self-modifying code” in English Wikipedia has 45.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 30 references and 22 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.38 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Self-modifying code”, its content was written by 180 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 360 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 195 times in English Wikipedia and cited 427 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #390 in April 2003
• Global: #1433 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #98850 in August 2009
• Global: #141099 in August 2009

There are 15 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 July 1, 2025 (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) Self-modifying code		45.1407
2	Persian (fa) کد خودتغییردهنده		28.712
3	Hungarian (hu) Önmódosító kód		26.0446
4	German (de) Selbstmodifizierender Code		20.5774
5	Italian (it) Codice automodificante		19.4321
6	Chinese (zh) 自修改代码		16.8995
7	Korean (ko) 자체 수정 코드		15.8781
8	Russian (ru) Самомодифицирующийся код		10.5069
9	Ukrainian (uk) Самопереробний код		10.343
10	Japanese (ja) 自己書き換えコード		8.5464

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Self-modifying code" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Self-modifying code		1 010 272
2	Russian (ru) Самомодифицирующийся код		94 351
3	Japanese (ja) 自己書き換えコード		83 643
4	German (de) Selbstmodifizierender Code		51 859
5	Italian (it) Codice automodificante		28 458
6	Spanish (es) Código mutante		26 958
7	French (fr) Code automodifiable		25 979
8	Chinese (zh) 自修改代码		23 976
9	Korean (ko) 자체 수정 코드		4 416
10	Hungarian (hu) Önmódosító kód		4 025

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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 "Self-modifying code" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Self-modifying code		3 611
2	Russian (ru) Самомодифицирующийся код		266
3	Japanese (ja) 自己書き換えコード		175
4	Chinese (zh) 自修改代码		97
5	German (de) Selbstmodifizierender Code		66
6	French (fr) Code automodifiable		49
7	Spanish (es) Código mutante		35
8	Italian (it) Codice automodificante		25
9	Hungarian (hu) Önmódosító kód		19
10	Korean (ko) 자체 수정 코드		19

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

Language versions of the article "Self-modifying code" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Self-modifying code		180
2	German (de) Selbstmodifizierender Code		46
3	Italian (it) Codice automodificante		30
4	French (fr) Code automodifiable		22
5	Russian (ru) Самомодифицирующийся код		22
6	Chinese (zh) 自修改代码		13
7	Japanese (ja) 自己書き換えコード		12
8	Persian (fa) کد خودتغییردهنده		8
9	Spanish (es) Código mutante		7
10	Hungarian (hu) Önmódosító kód		6

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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 "Self-modifying code" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Code automodifiable		1
2	Czech (cs) Samomodifikující se kód		0
3	Danish (da) Selvmodificerende kode		0
4	German (de) Selbstmodifizierender Code		0
5	English (en) Self-modifying code		0
6	Spanish (es) Código mutante		0
7	Persian (fa) کد خودتغییردهنده		0
8	Hungarian (hu) Önmódosító kód		0
9	Italian (it) Codice automodificante		0
10	Japanese (ja) 自己書き換えコード		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 "Self-modifying code" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Self-modifying code		195
2	French (fr) Code automodifiable		77
3	Japanese (ja) 自己書き換えコード		32
4	Korean (ko) 자체 수정 코드		24
5	Russian (ru) Самомодифицирующийся код		21
6	Chinese (zh) 自修改代码		20
7	Spanish (es) Código mutante		11
8	German (de) Selbstmodifizierender Code		10
9	Italian (it) Codice automodificante		10
10	Persian (fa) کد خودتغییردهنده		8

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#	Language	Value
cs	Czech Samomodifikující se kód
da	Danish Selvmodificerende kode
de	German Selbstmodifizierender Code
en	English Self-modifying code
es	Spanish Código mutante
fa	Persian کد خودتغییردهنده
fr	French Code automodifiable
hu	Hungarian Önmódosító kód
it	Italian Codice automodificante
ja	Japanese 自己書き換えコード
ko	Korean 자체 수정 코드
no	Norwegian Selvmodifiserende kode
ru	Russian Самомодифицирующийся код
uk	Ukrainian Самопереробний код
zh	Chinese 自修改代码

Best Rank

English: #98850 08.2009

Global: #141099 08.2009

Best Rank

English: #390 04.2003

Global: #1433 04.2003

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