Default (computer science)

Default value - preexisting value of a user-configurable setting of a software application, computer program or device. Article “Default (computer science)” in English Wikipedia has 17.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.92 points.

This article has the best quality in Catalan Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is Russian.

In June 2026 the article “Default (computer science)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 11 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Default (computer science)”, its content was written by 64 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 345 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 56 times in English Wikipedia and cited 792 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #41141 in March 2005
• Global: #17175 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #60028 in April 2016
• Global: #70573 in April 2016

There are 21 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, 2026 (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	Catalan (ca) Per defecte		29.4653
2	Polish (pl) Ustawienia domyślne		26.3113
3	Chinese (zh) 默认选项		25.6668
4	Persian (fa) پیش‌گزیده		22.5019
5	Arabic (ar) وضع افتراضي		22.0114
6	Indonesian (id) Baku (ilmu komputer)		18.3997
7	Hungarian (hu) Alapértelmezés		18.2637
8	English (en) Default (computer science)		17.5176
9	German (de) Voreinstellung		15.1299
10	Armenian (hy) Լռելյայն		14.9686

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Default (computer science)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Default (computer science)		521 854
2	Italian (it) Default (informatica)		417 145
3	Japanese (ja) デフォルト (コンピュータ)		347 293
4	Russian (ru) По умолчанию		306 667
5	German (de) Voreinstellung		143 718
6	Portuguese (pt) Default (computação)		117 786
7	Hebrew (he) ברירת מחדל		68 537
8	Korean (ko) 기본값		36 856
9	Chinese (zh) 默认选项		31 053
10	Dutch (nl) Default (software)		20 959

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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 "Default (computer science)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Russian (ru) По умолчанию		581
2	English (en) Default (computer science)		413
3	Japanese (ja) デフォルト (コンピュータ)		289
4	Chinese (zh) 默认选项		177
5	Hebrew (he) ברירת מחדל		112
6	German (de) Voreinstellung		68
7	Italian (it) Default (informatica)		51
8	Korean (ko) 기본값		51
9	French (fr) Valeur par défaut		46
10	Catalan (ca) Per defecte		45

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Default (computer science)		64
2	Russian (ru) По умолчанию		46
3	Japanese (ja) デフォルト (コンピュータ)		45
4	Italian (it) Default (informatica)		34
5	German (de) Voreinstellung		28
6	Dutch (nl) Default (software)		25
7	Hebrew (he) ברירת מחדל		17
8	Chinese (zh) 默认选项		13
9	Polish (pl) Ustawienia domyślne		12
10	Portuguese (pt) Default (computação)		11

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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 "Default (computer science)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Per defecte		5
2	Chinese (zh) 默认选项		2
3	Arabic (ar) وضع افتراضي		1
4	English (en) Default (computer science)		1
5	Indonesian (id) Baku (ilmu komputer)		1
6	Korean (ko) 기본값		1
7	German (de) Voreinstellung		0
8	Spanish (es) Valor por defecto		0
9	Estonian (et) Vaikeväärtus		0
10	Persian (fa) پیش‌گزیده		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 "Default (computer science)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Hebrew (he) ברירת מחדל		187
2	French (fr) Valeur par défaut		134
3	Japanese (ja) デフォルト (コンピュータ)		125
4	Italian (it) Default (informatica)		82
5	English (en) Default (computer science)		56
6	German (de) Voreinstellung		52
7	Russian (ru) По умолчанию		45
8	Hungarian (hu) Alapértelmezés		21
9	Catalan (ca) Per defecte		18
10	Korean (ko) 기본값		17

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وضع افتراضي
ca	Catalan Per defecte
de	German Voreinstellung
en	English Default (computer science)
es	Spanish Valor por defecto
et	Estonian Vaikeväärtus
fa	Persian پیش‌گزیده
fr	French Valeur par défaut
he	Hebrew ברירת מחדל
hu	Hungarian Alapértelmezés
hy	Armenian Լռելյայն
id	Indonesian Baku (ilmu komputer)
it	Italian Default (informatica)
ja	Japanese デフォルト (コンピュータ)
ko	Korean 기본값
nl	Dutch Default (software)
pl	Polish Ustawienia domyślne
pt	Portuguese Default (computação)
ru	Russian По умолчанию
vi	Vietnamese Mặc định (khoa học máy tính)
zh	Chinese 默认选项

Best Rank

English: #60028 04.2016

Global: #70573 04.2016

Best Rank

English: #41141 03.2005

Global: #17175 12.2003

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