Principle of least astonishment

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Principle of least astonishment

Quality:

Principle of least astonishment - principle in computer system design. Article "Principle of least astonishment" in English Wikipedia has 34.3 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 25 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 language version.

In July 2024 the article "Principle of least astonishment" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Principle of least astonishment", its content was written by 138 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 303 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 36 times in English Wikipedia and cited 92 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #706 in July 2002
  • Global: #1152 in July 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #73498 in July 2011
  • Global: #112120 in July 2011

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 August 1, 2024 (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)
Principle of least astonishment
34.2651
2Hungarian (hu)
A legkisebb meghökkentés elve
32.2071
3Korean (ko)
놀람 최소화 원칙
26.2248
4Latin (la)
Principium minimae mirationis
25.0298
5Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
17.0923
6Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
9.4492
7Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип найменшого здивування
9.1356
8Vietnamese (vi)
Nguyên tắc bất ngờ nhỏ nhất
7.7962
9French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
7.1305
10German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
7.0528
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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 "Principle of least astonishment" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
1 072 560
2Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
94 430
3Russian (ru)
Правило наименьшего удивления
89 188
4German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
88 628
5French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
54 482
6Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
12 297
7Swedish (sv)
Principen om minsta möjliga förvåning
9 663
8Vietnamese (vi)
Nguyên tắc bất ngờ nhỏ nhất
5 929
9Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип найменшого здивування
5 203
10Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
3 613
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Principle of least astonishment" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
5 675
2Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
642
3Russian (ru)
Правило наименьшего удивления
294
4German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
266
5French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
184
6Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
59
7Korean (ko)
놀람 최소화 원칙
44
8Vietnamese (vi)
Nguyên tắc bất ngờ nhỏ nhất
32
9Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
19
10Swedish (sv)
Principen om minsta möjliga förvåning
18
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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 "Principle of least astonishment" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
138
2French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
39
3German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
35
4Russian (ru)
Правило наименьшего удивления
17
5Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
15
6Swedish (sv)
Principen om minsta möjliga förvåning
14
7Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
10
8Latin (la)
Principium minimae mirationis
9
9Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип найменшого здивування
9
10Vietnamese (vi)
Nguyên tắc bất ngờ nhỏ nhất
5
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Principle of least astonishment" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
3
2Arabic (ar)
نتيجة متوقعة (تصميم برمجي)
0
3Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
0
4German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
0
5Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
0
6French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
0
7Hungarian (hu)
A legkisebb meghökkentés elve
0
8Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
0
9Korean (ko)
놀람 최소화 원칙
0
10Latin (la)
Principium minimae mirationis
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 "Principle of least astonishment" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Principle of least astonishment
36
2German (de)
Principle of Least Surprise
11
3Russian (ru)
Правило наименьшего удивления
10
4Japanese (ja)
驚き最小の原則
8
5French (fr)
Principe de moindre surprise
6
6Spanish (es)
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
5
7Ukrainian (uk)
Принцип найменшого здивування
4
8Latin (la)
Principium minimae mirationis
3
9Czech (cs)
Princip minimálního překvapení
2
10Korean (ko)
놀람 최소화 원칙
2
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in July 2024:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نتيجة متوقعة (تصميم برمجي)
csCzech
Princip minimálního překvapení
deGerman
Principle of Least Surprise
enEnglish
Principle of least astonishment
esSpanish
Principio de la mínima sorpresa
frFrench
Principe de moindre surprise
huHungarian
A legkisebb meghökkentés elve
jaJapanese
驚き最小の原則
koKorean
놀람 최소화 원칙
laLatin
Principium minimae mirationis
ruRussian
Правило наименьшего удивления
slSlovenian
Načelo najmanjše osuplosti
svSwedish
Principen om minsta möjliga förvåning
ukUkrainian
Принцип найменшого здивування
viVietnamese
Nguyên tắc bất ngờ nhỏ nhất

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#73498
07.2011
Global:
#112120
07.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#706
07.2002
Global:
#1152
07.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

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