Device file

Quality:

Device file - interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file; e.g. /dev/* in Unix-like systems; CON, PRN, NUL in DOS/Windows. Article "Device file" in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.6 points for quality (as of November 1, 2023).

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

Since the creation of article "Device file", its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 467 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2018 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #11489 in July 2020
  • Global: #4174 in June 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #33382 in July 2020
  • Global: #57883 in January 2015

There are 18 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 November 1, 2023 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

下表顯示了最高品質的文章的語言版本。

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Device file
58.54
2Vietnamese (vi)
Tập tin thiết bị
44.104
3Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
23.4688
4Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
18.3938
5Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
17.9236
6Polish (pl)
Plik urządzenia
16.1969
7Indonesian (id)
Berkas peranti
14.5504
8Spanish (es)
Archivo de dispositivo
13.5191
9Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
13.268
10German (de)
Gerätedatei
13.1518
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Device file" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Device file
2 083 186
2Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
260 115
3German (de)
Gerätedatei
166 403
4Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
69 014
5Spanish (es)
Archivo de dispositivo
66 418
6Polish (pl)
Plik urządzenia
32 798
7Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
30 502
8Korean (ko)
장치 파일
26 250
9Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
25 612
10Czech (cs)
Zařízení (soubor)
15 510
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in October 2023

The most popular language versions of the article "Device file" in October 2023
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Device file
5 396
2Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
496
3Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
461
4German (de)
Gerätedatei
230
5Spanish (es)
Archivo de dispositivo
163
6Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
118
7Korean (ko)
장치 파일
107
8French (fr)
Fichier spécial
98
9Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
95
10Vietnamese (vi)
Tập tin thiết bị
69
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Device file" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Device file
212
2German (de)
Gerätedatei
94
3Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
25
4Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
23
5Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
23
6Spanish (es)
Archivo de dispositivo
16
7Polish (pl)
Plik urządzenia
15
8Czech (cs)
Zařízení (soubor)
13
9Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
10
10French (fr)
Fichier spécial
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in October 2023

Language versions of the article "Device file" with the highest AI in October 2023
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Device file
2
2Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
1
3Korean (ko)
장치 파일
1
4Catalan (ca)
Fitxer dispositiu
0
5Czech (cs)
Zařízení (soubor)
0
6German (de)
Gerätedatei
0
7Spanish (es)
Archivo de dispositivo
0
8Persian (fa)
فایل دستگاهی
0
9French (fr)
Fichier spécial
0
10Indonesian (id)
Berkas peranti
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Device file" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Device file
835
2Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
288
3Korean (ko)
장치 파일
189
4Persian (fa)
فایل دستگاهی
174
5Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
125
6Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
80
7Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
79
8Catalan (ca)
Fitxer dispositiu
60
9German (de)
Gerätedatei
56
10Vietnamese (vi)
Tập tin thiết bị
49
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Fitxer dispositiu
csCzech
Zařízení (soubor)
deGerman
Gerätedatei
enEnglish
Device file
esSpanish
Archivo de dispositivo
faPersian
فایل دستگاهی
frFrench
Fichier spécial
idIndonesian
Berkas peranti
itItalian
Dispositivo a caratteri
jaJapanese
デバイスファイル
koKorean
장치 파일
noNorwegian
Utstyrsfil
plPolish
Plik urządzenia
ptPortuguese
Arquivo de dispositivo
ruRussian
Специальный файл устройства
simpleSimple English
Device file
viVietnamese
Tập tin thiết bị
zhChinese
设备文件系统

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#33382
07.2020
Global:
#57883
01.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#11489
07.2020
Global:
#4174
06.2002

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Device file from Wikipedia articles about Storage area network, Loop device, /dev/null, Operating system and Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. Whereas reading the article about Device file people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Device driver, Udev, Named pipe, Computer terminal and DOS.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Device file

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