Initialization vector

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Initialization vector

Quality:

Initialization vector - fixed-size input to a cryptographic primitive that is typically required to be random or pseudorandom. Article "Initialization vector" in English Wikipedia has 28.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 9 references and 9 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Initialization vector", its content was written by 67 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 200 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 299 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1030 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #7560 in October 2002
  • Global: #11274 in October 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #78184 in April 2015
  • Global: #115868 in April 2015

There are 19 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Turkish (tr)
İlklendirme vektörü
29.4618
2Chinese (zh)
初始向量
28.75
3English (en)
Initialization vector
28.1485
4Arabic (ar)
متجه التهيئة
19.9901
5Polish (pl)
Wektor inicjujący
19.9324
6Azerbaijani (az)
İlkinləşdirmə vektoru
17.8795
7Lithuanian (lt)
Inicializacijos vektorius
17.6239
8Italian (it)
Vettore di inizializzazione
12.3445
9Korean (ko)
초기화 벡터
10.9079
10Indonesian (id)
Vektor inisialisasi
10.5382
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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 "Initialization vector" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Initialization vector
1 550 979
2Japanese (ja)
初期化ベクトル
121 273
3German (de)
Initialisierungsvektor
74 782
4French (fr)
Vecteur d'initialisation
74 712
5Spanish (es)
Vector de inicialización
70 073
6Chinese (zh)
初始向量
51 414
7Italian (it)
Vettore di inizializzazione
30 381
8Korean (ko)
초기화 벡터
26 206
9Polish (pl)
Wektor inicjujący
21 369
10Hebrew (he)
וקטור אתחול
8 671
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Initialization vector" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Initialization vector
3 441
2French (fr)
Vecteur d'initialisation
191
3Japanese (ja)
初期化ベクトル
177
4German (de)
Initialisierungsvektor
139
5Chinese (zh)
初始向量
131
6Spanish (es)
Vector de inicialización
124
7Polish (pl)
Wektor inicjujący
52
8Korean (ko)
초기화 벡터
51
9Italian (it)
Vettore di inizializzazione
32
10Ukrainian (uk)
Ініціалізаційний вектор
31
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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 "Initialization vector" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Initialization vector
67
2German (de)
Initialisierungsvektor
22
3French (fr)
Vecteur d'initialisation
22
4Italian (it)
Vettore di inizializzazione
18
5Persian (fa)
بردار اولیه
9
6Hebrew (he)
וקטור אתחול
8
7Chinese (zh)
初始向量
8
8Spanish (es)
Vector de inicialización
7
9Polish (pl)
Wektor inicjujący
7
10Turkish (tr)
İlklendirme vektörü
6
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Initialization vector" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
متجه التهيئة
0
2Azerbaijani (az)
İlkinləşdirmə vektoru
0
3German (de)
Initialisierungsvektor
0
4English (en)
Initialization vector
0
5Spanish (es)
Vector de inicialización
0
6Persian (fa)
بردار اولیه
0
7French (fr)
Vecteur d'initialisation
0
8Hebrew (he)
וקטור אתחול
0
9Indonesian (id)
Vektor inisialisasi
0
10Italian (it)
Vettore di inizializzazione
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 "Initialization vector" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Initialization vector
299
2Hebrew (he)
וקטור אתחול
203
3French (fr)
Vecteur d'initialisation
105
4Italian (it)
Vettore di inizializzazione
102
5Chinese (zh)
初始向量
63
6Japanese (ja)
初期化ベクトル
59
7Korean (ko)
초기화 벡터
43
8German (de)
Initialisierungsvektor
36
9Indonesian (id)
Vektor inisialisasi
23
10Polish (pl)
Wektor inicjujący
21
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
متجه التهيئة
azAzerbaijani
İlkinləşdirmə vektoru
deGerman
Initialisierungsvektor
enEnglish
Initialization vector
esSpanish
Vector de inicialización
faPersian
بردار اولیه
frFrench
Vecteur d'initialisation
heHebrew
וקטור אתחול
idIndonesian
Vektor inisialisasi
itItalian
Vettore di inizializzazione
jaJapanese
初期化ベクトル
koKorean
초기화 벡터
ltLithuanian
Inicializacijos vektorius
nlDutch
Initialisatievector
plPolish
Wektor inicjujący
ptPortuguese
Vetor de inicialização
trTurkish
İlklendirme vektörü
ukUkrainian
Ініціалізаційний вектор
zhChinese
初始向量

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#78184
04.2015
Global:
#115868
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#7560
10.2002
Global:
#11274
10.2002

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Initialization vector from Wikipedia articles about Block cipher mode of operation, Nonce, Galois/Counter Mode, Advanced Encryption Standard and Salt. Whereas reading the article about Initialization vector people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Block cipher mode of operation, Nonce, Cryptographic primitive, Birthday problem and Block cipher.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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