In the Beginning... Was the Command Line

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In the Beginning... Was the Command Line

Quality:

In the Beginning... Was the Command Line - essay by Neal Stephenson. Article “In the Beginning... Was the Command Line” in English Wikipedia has 20.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 5 sections.

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 “In the Beginning... Was the Command Line”, its content was written by 81 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 104 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 35 times in English Wikipedia and cited 41 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #3198 in November 2003
  • Global: #3827 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #202936 in April 2009
  • Global: #324912 in April 2009

There are 4 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
20.1095
2Ukrainian (uk)
На початку був командний рядок
17.1924
3Spanish (es)
En el principio fue la línea de comandos
8.8536
4French (fr)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
1.0625
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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 "In the Beginning... Was the Command Line" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
355 019
2Spanish (es)
En el principio fue la línea de comandos
30 611
3French (fr)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
1 747
4Ukrainian (uk)
На початку був командний рядок
736
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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 June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "In the Beginning... Was the Command Line" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
1 296
2Spanish (es)
En el principio fue la línea de comandos
67
3French (fr)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
9
4Ukrainian (uk)
На початку був командний рядок
3
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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 "In the Beginning... Was the Command Line" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
81
2Spanish (es)
En el principio fue la línea de comandos
12
3Ukrainian (uk)
На початку був командний рядок
6
4French (fr)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
5
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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 June 2026

Language versions of the article "In the Beginning... Was the Command Line" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
0
2Spanish (es)
En el principio fue la línea de comandos
0
3French (fr)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
0
4Ukrainian (uk)
На початку був командний рядок
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 "In the Beginning... Was the Command Line" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
35
2French (fr)
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
3
3Spanish (es)
En el principio fue la línea de comandos
2
4Ukrainian (uk)
На початку був командний рядок
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
esSpanish
En el principio fue la línea de comandos
frFrench
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
ukUkrainian
На початку був командний рядок

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#202936
04.2009
Global:
#324912
04.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#3198
11.2003
Global:
#3827
12.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on In the Beginning... Was the Command Line from Wikipedia articles about Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson, Command-line interface, Command language and Morlock. Whereas reading the article about In the Beginning... Was the Command Line people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Neal Stephenson, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, BeOS, MacOS and Command-line interface.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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