Network interface controller

Quality:

Network interface controller - hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network. Article “Network interface controller” in English Wikipedia has 50.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 26 references and 7 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.

In June 2026 the article “Network interface controller” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Network interface controller”, its content was written by 308 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1798 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 524 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4199 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7324 in October 2012
• Global: #1552 in October 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #8207 in September 2008
• Global: #3333 in September 2008

There are 44 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Network interface controller		50.5293
2	Estonian (et) Võrguadapter		40.7238
3	Korean (ko) 네트워크 인터페이스 컨트롤러		35.6566
4	Spanish (es) Tarjeta de red		33.8324
5	Armenian (hy) Ցանցային ինտերֆեյսի վերահսկիչ		33.6187
6	German (de) Netzwerkkarte		28.3321
7	Tamil (ta) பிணைய இடைமுக கட்டுப்பாட்டகம்		26.4
8	Romanian (ro) Placă de rețea		25.414
9	Russian (ru) Сетевая плата		23.9643
10	Lithuanian (lt) Tinklo plokštė		22.703

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Network interface controller		7 221 177
2	Spanish (es) Tarjeta de red		5 523 927
3	Russian (ru) Сетевая плата		1 475 281
4	Polish (pl) Karta sieciowa		1 268 814
5	German (de) Netzwerkkarte		1 022 687
6	Portuguese (pt) Placa de rede		839 121
7	French (fr) Carte réseau		714 330
8	Indonesian (id) Kartu jaringan		662 358
9	Japanese (ja) ネットワークカード		637 840
10	Italian (it) Scheda di rete		453 357

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Network interface controller		5 547
2	Spanish (es) Tarjeta de red		865
3	Russian (ru) Сетевая плата		751
4	German (de) Netzwerkkarte		608
5	Chinese (zh) 网卡		603
6	French (fr) Carte réseau		353
7	Simple English (simple) Network card		330
8	Japanese (ja) ネットワークカード		300
9	Polish (pl) Karta sieciowa		287
10	Italian (it) Scheda di rete		275

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Network interface controller		308
2	German (de) Netzwerkkarte		170
3	Spanish (es) Tarjeta de red		159
4	French (fr) Carte réseau		94
5	Polish (pl) Karta sieciowa		84
6	Russian (ru) Сетевая плата		81
7	Italian (it) Scheda di rete		71
8	Dutch (nl) Netwerkkaart		64
9	Portuguese (pt) Placa de rede		52
10	Simple English (simple) Network card		48

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Network interface controller		2
2	Arabic (ar) بطاقة الشبكة		1
3	Greek (el) Κάρτα δικτύου		1
4	Swedish (sv) Nätverkskort		1
5	Chinese (zh) 网卡		1
6	Bulgarian (bg) Мрежова карта		0
7	Catalan (ca) Targeta de xarxa		0
8	Czech (cs) Síťová karta		0
9	Danish (da) Netkort		0
10	German (de) Netzwerkkarte		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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