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 17.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 8 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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

Since the creation of article "Default (computer science)", its content was written by 59 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 326 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 56 times in English Wikipedia and cited 780 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #41150 in March 2005
• Global: #17139 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #59699 in April 2016
• Global: #70311 in April 2016

There are 20 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	Polish (pl) Ustawienia domyślne		26.3154
2	Arabic (ar) وضع افتراضي		23.1919
3	Persian (fa) پیش‌گزیده		22.5104
4	Indonesian (id) Baku (ilmu komputer)		18.4739
5	Hungarian (hu) Alapértelmezés		18.268
6	English (en) Default (computer science)		17.6566
7	German (de) Voreinstellung		15.4637
8	Armenian (hy) Լռելյայն		15.0161
9	Portuguese (pt) Default (computação)		12.9495
10	Japanese (ja) デフォルト (コンピュータ)		10.6257

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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)		516 198
2	Italian (it) Default (informatica)		415 879
3	Japanese (ja) デフォルト (コンピュータ)		340 866
4	Russian (ru) По умолчанию		279 575
5	German (de) Voreinstellung		142 478
6	Portuguese (pt) Default (computação)		116 651
7	Hebrew (he) ברירת מחדל		67 047
8	Korean (ko) 기본값		35 874
9	Chinese (zh) 默认选项		29 178
10	Dutch (nl) Default (software)		20 672

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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 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Default (computer science)		1 001
2	Russian (ru) По умолчанию		871
3	Japanese (ja) デフォルト (コンピュータ)		639
4	Korean (ko) 기본값		255
5	Hebrew (he) ברירת מחדל		217
6	Chinese (zh) 默认选项		163
7	Portuguese (pt) Default (computação)		159
8	French (fr) Valeur par défaut		97
9	Indonesian (id) Baku (ilmu komputer)		77
10	German (de) Voreinstellung		74

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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)		59
2	Russian (ru) По умолчанию		46
3	Japanese (ja) デフォルト (コンピュータ)		44
4	Italian (it) Default (informatica)		34
5	German (de) Voreinstellung		28
6	Dutch (nl) Default (software)		25
7	Hebrew (he) ברירת מחדל		17
8	Polish (pl) Ustawienia domyślne		12
9	Chinese (zh) 默认选项		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 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) وضع افتراضي		0
2	German (de) Voreinstellung		0
3	English (en) Default (computer science)		0
4	Spanish (es) Valor por defecto		0
5	Estonian (et) Vaikeväärtus		0
6	Persian (fa) پیش‌گزیده		0
7	French (fr) Valeur par défaut		0
8	Hebrew (he) ברירת מחדל		0
9	Hungarian (hu) Alapértelmezés		0
10	Armenian (hy) Լռելյայն		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		176
2	French (fr) Valeur par défaut		134
3	Japanese (ja) デフォルト (コンピュータ)		129
4	Italian (it) Default (informatica)		82
5	English (en) Default (computer science)		56
6	German (de) Voreinstellung		51
7	Russian (ru) По умолчанию		48
8	Hungarian (hu) Alapértelmezés		27
9	Korean (ko) 기본값		15
10	Chinese (zh) 默认选项		14

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وضع افتراضي
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: #59699 04.2016

Global: #70311 04.2016

Best Rank

English: #41150 03.2005

Global: #17139 12.2003

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