Device controller

Controller - computing device that interfaces with a more peripheral device. Article “Device controller” in Simple English Wikipedia has 5.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in Portuguese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in Simple English version.

Since the creation of article “Device controller”, its content was written by 22 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 269 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 544 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1297 in February 2017
• Global: #24033 in April 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #156 in December 2010
• Global: #152112 in October 2009

There are 17 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	Portuguese (pt) Controlador (informática)		18.9712
2	Lithuanian (lt) Valdiklis		12.0674
3	Italian (it) Controller (informatica)		11.807
4	Ukrainian (uk) Контролер (комп'ютерна техніка)		10.6254
5	Arabic (ar) متحكم (حوسبة)		8.8395
6	Polish (pl) Kontroler (informatyka)		7.9037
7	French (fr) Contrôleur (informatique)		7.6374
8	Japanese (ja) コントローラ		6.2799
9	German (de) Controller (Hardware)		5.9346
10	Simple English (simple) Device controller		5.905

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Device controller" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Controller (computing)		324 903
2	German (de) Controller (Hardware)		245 977
3	Japanese (ja) コントローラ		165 446
4	Simple English (simple) Device controller		157 704
5	Polish (pl) Kontroler (informatyka)		137 026
6	Spanish (es) Controlador de periférico		90 710
7	French (fr) Contrôleur (informatique)		77 596
8	Italian (it) Controller (informatica)		55 823
9	Ukrainian (uk) Контролер (комп'ютерна техніка)		53 602
10	Portuguese (pt) Controlador (informática)		35 539

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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 "Device controller" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Simple English (simple) Device controller		1 194
2	English (en) Controller (computing)		226
3	German (de) Controller (Hardware)		205
4	Japanese (ja) コントローラ		183
5	French (fr) Contrôleur (informatique)		78
6	Italian (it) Controller (informatica)		75
7	Polish (pl) Kontroler (informatyka)		67
8	Ukrainian (uk) Контролер (комп'ютерна техніка)		62
9	Slovak (sk) Radič (počítač)		61
10	Czech (cs) Řadič (počítač)		57

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Controller (computing)		48
2	German (de) Controller (Hardware)		33
3	Japanese (ja) コントローラ		30
4	Italian (it) Controller (informatica)		26
5	French (fr) Contrôleur (informatique)		24
6	Simple English (simple) Device controller		22
7	Polish (pl) Kontroler (informatyka)		20
8	Ukrainian (uk) Контролер (комп'ютерна техніка)		16
9	Portuguese (pt) Controlador (informática)		11
10	Czech (cs) Řadič (počítač)		9

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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 "Device controller" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Controller (computing)		1
2	Arabic (ar) متحكم (حوسبة)		0
3	Czech (cs) Řadič (počítač)		0
4	German (de) Controller (Hardware)		0
5	Spanish (es) Controlador de periférico		0
6	Persian (fa) کنترل‌کننده (رایانه)		0
7	Finnish (fi) Laiteohjain		0
8	French (fr) Contrôleur (informatique)		0
9	Italian (it) Controller (informatica)		0
10	Japanese (ja) コントローラ		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 "Device controller" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	German (de) Controller (Hardware)		138
2	Italian (it) Controller (informatica)		106
3	Japanese (ja) コントローラ		84
4	Ukrainian (uk) Контролер (комп'ютерна техніка)		62
5	French (fr) Contrôleur (informatique)		42
6	Polish (pl) Kontroler (informatyka)		28
7	Lithuanian (lt) Valdiklis		20
8	Spanish (es) Controlador de periférico		16
9	Slovak (sk) Radič (počítač)		9
10	English (en) Controller (computing)		8

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic متحكم (حوسبة)
cs	Czech Řadič (počítač)
de	German Controller (Hardware)
en	English Controller (computing)
es	Spanish Controlador de periférico
fa	Persian کنترل‌کننده (رایانه)
fi	Finnish Laiteohjain
fr	French Contrôleur (informatique)
it	Italian Controller (informatica)
ja	Japanese コントローラ
lt	Lithuanian Valdiklis
nl	Dutch Controller (informatica)
pl	Polish Kontroler (informatyka)
pt	Portuguese Controlador (informática)
simple	Simple English Device controller
sk	Slovak Radič (počítač)
uk	Ukrainian Контролер (комп'ютерна техніка)

Best Rank

Simple English: #156 12.2010

Global: #152112 10.2009

Best Rank

Simple English: #1297 02.2017

Global: #24033 04.2005

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