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Network Information Service

Quality:

Network Information Service - client–server directory service protocol for distributing system configuration data such as user and host names between computers on a computer network, developed by Sun Microsystems. Article “Network Information Service” in English Wikipedia has 13.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 4 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.71 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Network Information Service”, its content was written by 70 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 279 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 189 times in English Wikipedia and cited 948 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #21892 in April 2003
  • Global: #27216 in June 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #49296 in July 2016
  • Global: #52266 in May 2008

There are 18 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
1Catalan (ca)
Network Information Service
16.6268
2English (en)
Network Information Service
13.3969
3Hungarian (hu)
Network Information Service
9.2995
4Spanish (es)
Network Information Service
7.9799
5Chinese (zh)
網路資訊服務
6.1661
6Japanese (ja)
ネットワーク・インフォメーション・サービス
5.5958
7Polish (pl)
Network Information Service
5.5903
8French (fr)
Network Information Service
5.1772
9German (de)
Network Information Service
5.0545
10Korean (ko)
네트워크 정보 서비스
4.192
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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 "Network Information Service" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Network Information Service
1 216 338
2German (de)
Network Information Service
160 085
3French (fr)
Network Information Service
124 754
4Spanish (es)
Network Information Service
122 618
5Japanese (ja)
ネットワーク・インフォメーション・サービス
107 197
6Portuguese (pt)
NIS
104 426
7Russian (ru)
Network Information Service
66 689
8Polish (pl)
Network Information Service
47 145
9Indonesian (id)
Sistem informasi jaringan
32 415
10Chinese (zh)
網路資訊服務
20 052
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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 "Network Information Service" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Network Information Service
1 866
2Spanish (es)
Network Information Service
158
3German (de)
Network Information Service
110
4Japanese (ja)
ネットワーク・インフォメーション・サービス
95
5French (fr)
Network Information Service
91
6Portuguese (pt)
NIS
69
7Russian (ru)
Network Information Service
61
8Chinese (zh)
網路資訊服務
51
9Indonesian (id)
Sistem informasi jaringan
41
10Italian (it)
Network Information Service
33
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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 "Network Information Service" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Network Information Service
70
2German (de)
Network Information Service
37
3French (fr)
Network Information Service
31
4Dutch (nl)
Network Information Service
17
5Japanese (ja)
ネットワーク・インフォメーション・サービス
15
6Czech (cs)
Network Information Service
13
7Spanish (es)
Network Information Service
13
8Portuguese (pt)
NIS
13
9Russian (ru)
Network Information Service
13
10Hungarian (hu)
Network Information Service
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 June 2025

Language versions of the article "Network Information Service" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Network Information Service
0
2Czech (cs)
Network Information Service
0
3German (de)
Network Information Service
0
4English (en)
Network Information Service
0
5Spanish (es)
Network Information Service
0
6French (fr)
Network Information Service
0
7Hungarian (hu)
Network Information Service
0
8Indonesian (id)
Sistem informasi jaringan
0
9Italian (it)
Network Information Service
0
10Japanese (ja)
ネットワーク・インフォメーション・サービス
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 "Network Information Service" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Portuguese (pt)
NIS
480
2English (en)
Network Information Service
189
3Japanese (ja)
ネットワーク・インフォメーション・サービス
81
4Russian (ru)
Network Information Service
69
5German (de)
Network Information Service
18
6French (fr)
Network Information Service
18
7Korean (ko)
네트워크 정보 서비스
16
8Spanish (es)
Network Information Service
15
9Czech (cs)
Network Information Service
11
10Chinese (zh)
網路資訊服務
10
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Network Information Service
csCzech
Network Information Service
deGerman
Network Information Service
enEnglish
Network Information Service
esSpanish
Network Information Service
frFrench
Network Information Service
huHungarian
Network Information Service
idIndonesian
Sistem informasi jaringan
itItalian
Network Information Service
jaJapanese
ネットワーク・インフォメーション・サービス
koKorean
네트워크 정보 서비스
nlDutch
Network Information Service
noNorwegian
Network Information Service
plPolish
Network Information Service
ptPortuguese
NIS
ruRussian
Network Information Service
trTurkish
Ağ Bilgi Servisi
zhChinese
網路資訊服務

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#49296
07.2016
Global:
#52266
05.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#21892
04.2003
Global:
#27216
06.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Network Information Service from Wikipedia articles about NIS, Name Service Switch, User identifier, Yellow Pages and NIS+. Whereas reading the article about Network Information Service people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, NIS+, Network information system, Name Service Switch and Hesiod.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

pt: NIS

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