Polling (computer science)

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Polling (computer science)

Quality:

Polling - actively sampling the status of an external device by a client program as a synchronous activity. Article “Polling (computer science)” in English Wikipedia has 13.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 6 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 “Polling (computer science)”, its content was written by 82 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 220 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 82 times in English Wikipedia and cited 265 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #49666 in July 2006
  • Global: #77773 in January 2008

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #47343 in December 2015
  • Global: #73446 in December 2015

There are 15 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
1Catalan (ca)
Polling
16.6495
2Ukrainian (uk)
Опитування статусу виконання
14.9632
3English (en)
Polling (computer science)
13.4364
4Spanish (es)
Polling
11.2432
5Serbian (sr)
Anketiranje (u informatici)
11.0554
6Persian (fa)
سرکشی‌کردن (علوم رایانه)
9.0795
7German (de)
Polling (Informatik)
5.1097
8Italian (it)
Polling (informatica)
3.821
9Basque (eu)
Polling
3.0669
10Korean (ko)
폴링 (컴퓨터 과학)
1.2461
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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 "Polling (computer science)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Polling (computer science)
1 767 491
2German (de)
Polling (Informatik)
329 370
3Japanese (ja)
ポーリング (情報)
282 766
4Italian (it)
Polling (informatica)
166 660
5Spanish (es)
Polling
156 511
6Chinese (zh)
輪詢
90 138
7Korean (ko)
폴링 (컴퓨터 과학)
75 516
8Dutch (nl)
Polling (techniek)
25 191
9Polish (pl)
Odpytywanie
13 721
10Swedish (sv)
Pollning
11 409
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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 "Polling (computer science)" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Polling (computer science)
1 642
2German (de)
Polling (Informatik)
282
3Japanese (ja)
ポーリング (情報)
204
4Spanish (es)
Polling
166
5Italian (it)
Polling (informatica)
163
6Chinese (zh)
輪詢
134
7Korean (ko)
폴링 (컴퓨터 과학)
104
8Polish (pl)
Odpytywanie
32
9Dutch (nl)
Polling (techniek)
27
10Swedish (sv)
Pollning
12
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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 "Polling (computer science)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Polling (computer science)
82
2German (de)
Polling (Informatik)
36
3Italian (it)
Polling (informatica)
26
4Japanese (ja)
ポーリング (情報)
10
5Spanish (es)
Polling
9
6Korean (ko)
폴링 (컴퓨터 과학)
9
7Dutch (nl)
Polling (techniek)
9
8Swedish (sv)
Pollning
9
9Basque (eu)
Polling
6
10Serbian (sr)
Anketiranje (u informatici)
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 2026

Language versions of the article "Polling (computer science)" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Ukrainian (uk)
Опитування статусу виконання
1
2Catalan (ca)
Polling
0
3German (de)
Polling (Informatik)
0
4English (en)
Polling (computer science)
0
5Spanish (es)
Polling
0
6Basque (eu)
Polling
0
7Persian (fa)
سرکشی‌کردن (علوم رایانه)
0
8Italian (it)
Polling (informatica)
0
9Japanese (ja)
ポーリング (情報)
0
10Korean (ko)
폴링 (컴퓨터 과학)
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 "Polling (computer science)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Polling (computer science)
82
2German (de)
Polling (Informatik)
38
3Japanese (ja)
ポーリング (情報)
30
4Korean (ko)
폴링 (컴퓨터 과학)
22
5Chinese (zh)
輪詢
22
6Spanish (es)
Polling
19
7Italian (it)
Polling (informatica)
17
8Catalan (ca)
Polling
9
9Swedish (sv)
Pollning
9
10Dutch (nl)
Polling (techniek)
5
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Polling
deGerman
Polling (Informatik)
enEnglish
Polling (computer science)
esSpanish
Polling
euBasque
Polling
faPersian
سرکشی‌کردن (علوم رایانه)
itItalian
Polling (informatica)
jaJapanese
ポーリング (情報)
koKorean
폴링 (컴퓨터 과학)
nlDutch
Polling (techniek)
plPolish
Odpytywanie
srSerbian
Anketiranje (u informatici)
svSwedish
Pollning
ukUkrainian
Опитування статусу виконання
zhChinese
輪詢

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#47343
12.2015
Global:
#73446
12.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#49666
07.2006
Global:
#77773
01.2008

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Polling from Wikipedia articles about WebSocket, Interrupt, Poll, Busy waiting and Push technology. Whereas reading the article about Polling people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Watchdog timer, Busy waiting, Interrupt, Poll and Asynchronous I/O.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

zh: 輪詢

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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