Lock (computer science)

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Lock (computer science)

Quality:

Lock - synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on concurrent access to a resource. Article “Lock (computer science)” in English Wikipedia has 40.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 30 references and 11 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Lock (computer science)”, its content was written by 145 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 404 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 282 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1163 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4816 in June 2003
  • Global: #10793 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #74657 in April 2015
  • Global: #91828 in March 2009

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, 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
1Estonian (et)
Lukk (arvutiteadus)
52.1721
2English (en)
Lock (computer science)
40.764
3Hungarian (hu)
Lock (informatika)
32.6839
4Japanese (ja)
ロック (計算機科学)
22.7202
5Ukrainian (uk)
Блокування (програмування)
22.5417
6Arabic (ar)
قفل (حوسبة)
20.8049
7Catalan (ca)
Cadenat (informàtica)
20.1297
8German (de)
Lock
14.0921
9Korean (ko)
락 (컴퓨터 과학)
10.7832
10Hebrew (he)
מנעול (תוכנה)
10.315
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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 "Lock (computer science)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lock (computer science)
1 867 749
2German (de)
Lock
180 110
3Italian (it)
Lock
69 003
4Japanese (ja)
ロック (計算機科学)
68 097
5Spanish (es)
Cierre de exclusión mutua
60 255
6Russian (ru)
Блокировка (программирование)
42 736
7Polish (pl)
Blokada (informatyka)
39 458
8French (fr)
Verrou (informatique)
30 446
9Chinese (zh)
锁 (计算机科学)
27 814
10Hebrew (he)
מנעול (תוכנה)
23 359
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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 "Lock (computer science)" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lock (computer science)
3 453
2German (de)
Lock
150
3Chinese (zh)
锁 (计算机科学)
101
4Japanese (ja)
ロック (計算機科学)
73
5Korean (ko)
락 (컴퓨터 과학)
67
6Spanish (es)
Cierre de exclusión mutua
52
7Russian (ru)
Блокировка (программирование)
43
8Italian (it)
Lock
38
9Polish (pl)
Blokada (informatyka)
38
10French (fr)
Verrou (informatique)
35
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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 "Lock (computer science)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Lock (computer science)
145
2German (de)
Lock
59
3French (fr)
Verrou (informatique)
34
4Italian (it)
Lock
33
5Hebrew (he)
מנעול (תוכנה)
27
6Chinese (zh)
锁 (计算机科学)
14
7Japanese (ja)
ロック (計算機科学)
13
8Polish (pl)
Blokada (informatyka)
12
9Czech (cs)
Zámek (informatika)
11
10Spanish (es)
Cierre de exclusión mutua
10
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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 "Lock (computer science)" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Cadenat (informàtica)
2
2Arabic (ar)
قفل (حوسبة)
0
3Czech (cs)
Zámek (informatika)
0
4German (de)
Lock
0
5English (en)
Lock (computer science)
0
6Spanish (es)
Cierre de exclusión mutua
0
7Estonian (et)
Lukk (arvutiteadus)
0
8Persian (fa)
قفل (رایانه)
0
9French (fr)
Verrou (informatique)
0
10Hebrew (he)
מנעול (תוכנה)
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 "Lock (computer science)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Lock (computer science)
282
2Ukrainian (uk)
Блокування (програмування)
151
3German (de)
Lock
132
4Japanese (ja)
ロック (計算機科学)
107
5Persian (fa)
قفل (رایانه)
97
6Chinese (zh)
锁 (计算机科学)
93
7Korean (ko)
락 (컴퓨터 과학)
71
8Arabic (ar)
قفل (حوسبة)
43
9French (fr)
Verrou (informatique)
32
10Russian (ru)
Блокировка (программирование)
27
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
قفل (حوسبة)
caCatalan
Cadenat (informàtica)
csCzech
Zámek (informatika)
deGerman
Lock
enEnglish
Lock (computer science)
esSpanish
Cierre de exclusión mutua
etEstonian
Lukk (arvutiteadus)
faPersian
قفل (رایانه)
frFrench
Verrou (informatique)
heHebrew
מנעול (תוכנה)
huHungarian
Lock (informatika)
itItalian
Lock
jaJapanese
ロック (計算機科学)
koKorean
락 (컴퓨터 과학)
ltLithuanian
Užraktas (programavimas)
plPolish
Blokada (informatyka)
ruRussian
Блокировка (программирование)
ukUkrainian
Блокування (програмування)
zhChinese
锁 (计算机科学)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#74657
04.2015
Global:
#91828
03.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4816
06.2003
Global:
#10793
06.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Lock from Wikipedia articles about Semaphore, Non-blocking algorithm, Dining philosophers problem, Mutual exclusion and POSIX Threads. Whereas reading the article about Lock people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Semaphore, Synchronization, Mutual exclusion, Deadlock and Dekkers algorithm.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

de: Lock
it: Lock

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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