Ladder logic

Quality:

Ladder logic - programming language that represents a program by a graphical diagram based on the circuit diagrams of relay logic hardware; used to develop software for programmable logic controllers used in industrial control applications. This programming language is the 68th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of programming languages and the 73rd most popular programming language in English Wikipedia. Article "Ladder logic" in English Wikipedia has 29.8 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 3 references and 14 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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

Achievements in all the time:
English Wikipedia:
Global Wikipedia:
The 68th most popular in programming languages.

In July 2024 the article "Ladder logic" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Ladder logic", its content was written by 142 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 455 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Ladder logic is on the 73rd place in local ranking of programming languages in English Wikipedia and on the 68th place in global ranking of programming languages in all the time.

The article is cited 50 times in English Wikipedia and cited 276 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4510 in September 2003
  • Global: #11797 in July 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #53750 in April 2015
  • Global: #45158 in April 2008

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 August 1, 2024 (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
1Spanish (es)
Lenguaje ladder
34.5111
2Turkish (tr)
Merdiven mantığı
29.8922
3English (en)
Ladder logic
29.8095
4Polish (pl)
Język drabinkowy
28.8715
5Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem ladder
23.4268
6Ukrainian (uk)
Ladder diagram
20.7587
7Finnish (fi)
Tikapuulogiikka
13.413
8Indonesian (id)
Logika tangga
11.8342
9Serbian (sr)
Мердевинска логика
11.4053
10French (fr)
Langage Ladder
9.2213
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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 "Ladder logic" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Ladder logic
2 421 948
2Spanish (es)
Lenguaje ladder
847 624
3Japanese (ja)
ラダー・ロジック
567 008
4French (fr)
Langage Ladder
320 255
5Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem ladder
297 904
6Russian (ru)
Ladder diagram
265 452
7German (de)
Kontaktplan
249 798
8Italian (it)
Ladder diagram
154 721
9Polish (pl)
Język drabinkowy
40 027
10Dutch (nl)
Ladderdiagram
33 656
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Ladder logic" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Ladder logic
7 463
2Spanish (es)
Lenguaje ladder
1 650
3French (fr)
Langage Ladder
780
4Japanese (ja)
ラダー・ロジック
753
5Russian (ru)
Ladder diagram
753
6German (de)
Kontaktplan
692
7Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem ladder
630
8Italian (it)
Ladder diagram
363
9Polish (pl)
Język drabinkowy
232
10Chinese (zh)
梯形逻辑
184
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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 "Ladder logic" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Ladder logic
142
2French (fr)
Langage Ladder
42
3Italian (it)
Ladder diagram
38
4Spanish (es)
Lenguaje ladder
36
5German (de)
Kontaktplan
35
6Russian (ru)
Ladder diagram
32
7Japanese (ja)
ラダー・ロジック
27
8Dutch (nl)
Ladderdiagram
23
9Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem ladder
14
10Arabic (ar)
برمجة سلمية
11
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Ladder logic" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Ladder logic
1
2Arabic (ar)
برمجة سلمية
0
3Belarusian (be)
Ladder Diagram
0
4German (de)
Kontaktplan
0
5Spanish (es)
Lenguaje ladder
0
6Basque (eu)
Ladder diagrama
0
7Finnish (fi)
Tikapuulogiikka
0
8French (fr)
Langage Ladder
0
9Indonesian (id)
Logika tangga
0
10Italian (it)
Ladder diagram
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 "Ladder logic" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
ラダー・ロジック
63
2English (en)
Ladder logic
50
3Russian (ru)
Ladder diagram
29
4French (fr)
Langage Ladder
20
5German (de)
Kontaktplan
19
6Ukrainian (uk)
Ladder diagram
17
7Spanish (es)
Lenguaje ladder
16
8Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem ladder
12
9Italian (it)
Ladder diagram
10
10Chinese (zh)
梯形逻辑
10
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
برمجة سلمية
beBelarusian
Ladder Diagram
deGerman
Kontaktplan
enEnglish
Ladder logic
esSpanish
Lenguaje ladder
euBasque
Ladder diagrama
fiFinnish
Tikapuulogiikka
frFrench
Langage Ladder
idIndonesian
Logika tangga
itItalian
Ladder diagram
jaJapanese
ラダー・ロジック
koKorean
래더 로직
nlDutch
Ladderdiagram
plPolish
Język drabinkowy
ptPortuguese
Linguagem ladder
ruRussian
Ladder diagram
srSerbian
Мердевинска логика
svSwedish
Ladderdiagram
trTurkish
Merdiven mantığı
ukUkrainian
Ladder diagram
zhChinese
梯形逻辑

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#53750
04.2015
Global:
#45158
04.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4510
09.2003
Global:
#11797
07.2002

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Ladder logic from Wikipedia articles about Programmable logic controller, IEC 61131-3, Modbus ethernet, Function block diagram and IEC 61131. Whereas reading the article about Ladder logic people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Programmable logic controller, Structured text, IEC 61131-3, Relay logic and Function block diagram.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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