Position-independent code

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Position-independent code

Quality:

Position-independent code - machine instruction code that executes properly regardless of where in memory it resides. Article “Position-independent code” in English Wikipedia has 39 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 39 references and 10 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 4.34 points.

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 “Position-independent code” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Position-independent code”, its content was written by 112 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 164 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 71 times in English Wikipedia and cited 167 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #17071 in April 2004
  • Global: #28647 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #161488 in January 2015
  • Global: #249284 in January 2015

There are 8 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
1English (en)
Position-independent code
39.0373
2Estonian (et)
Positsioonist sõltumatu kood
37.6509
3Czech (cs)
Position-independent code
31.7338
4Korean (ko)
위치 독립 코드
18.3304
5Catalan (ca)
Codi independent de la posició
15.4377
6Chinese (zh)
位置无关代码
12.7694
7Japanese (ja)
位置独立コード
10.2426
8German (de)
Position-independent Code
1.6142
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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 "Position-independent code" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Position-independent code
840 818
2Japanese (ja)
位置独立コード
44 781
3German (de)
Position-independent Code
25 818
4Chinese (zh)
位置无关代码
25 114
5Czech (cs)
Position-independent code
8 548
6Korean (ko)
위치 독립 코드
6 546
7Estonian (et)
Positsioonist sõltumatu kood
631
8Catalan (ca)
Codi independent de la posició
211
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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 "Position-independent code" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Position-independent code
2 156
2Japanese (ja)
位置独立コード
105
3Chinese (zh)
位置无关代码
93
4Czech (cs)
Position-independent code
67
5German (de)
Position-independent Code
57
6Korean (ko)
위치 독립 코드
9
7Estonian (et)
Positsioonist sõltumatu kood
8
8Catalan (ca)
Codi independent de la posició
1
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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 "Position-independent code" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Position-independent code
112
2Czech (cs)
Position-independent code
17
3German (de)
Position-independent Code
17
4Chinese (zh)
位置无关代码
5
5Estonian (et)
Positsioonist sõltumatu kood
4
6Japanese (ja)
位置独立コード
4
7Korean (ko)
위치 독립 코드
4
8Catalan (ca)
Codi independent de la posició
1
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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 "Position-independent code" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Position-independent code
1
2Catalan (ca)
Codi independent de la posició
0
3Czech (cs)
Position-independent code
0
4German (de)
Position-independent Code
0
5Estonian (et)
Positsioonist sõltumatu kood
0
6Japanese (ja)
位置独立コード
0
7Korean (ko)
위치 독립 코드
0
8Chinese (zh)
位置无关代码
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 "Position-independent code" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Position-independent code
71
2Korean (ko)
위치 독립 코드
28
3Chinese (zh)
位置无关代码
26
4Japanese (ja)
位置独立コード
19
5Czech (cs)
Position-independent code
10
6German (de)
Position-independent Code
8
7Catalan (ca)
Codi independent de la posició
4
8Estonian (et)
Positsioonist sõltumatu kood
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Codi independent de la posició
csCzech
Position-independent code
deGerman
Position-independent Code
enEnglish
Position-independent code
etEstonian
Positsioonist sõltumatu kood
jaJapanese
位置独立コード
koKorean
위치 독립 코드
zhChinese
位置无关代码

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#161488
01.2015
Global:
#249284
01.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#17071
04.2004
Global:
#28647
02.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Position-independent code from Wikipedia articles about Alpine Linux, Relocation, Executable and Linkable Format, Global Offset Table and Address space layout randomization. Whereas reading the article about Position-independent code people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Address space layout randomization, Memory management unit, Relocation, Return-to-libc attack and Dynamic linker.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

News from 1 July 2026

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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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