Semantics (computer science)

Programming language semantics - the field concerned with the rigorous mathematical study of the meaning of programming languages. Article "Semantics (computer science)" in English Wikipedia has 31.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 18 references and 9 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Semantics (computer science)", its content was written by 75 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 338 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 507 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1836 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #9754 in December 2003
• Global: #13446 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #92012 in September 2014
• Global: #88572 in September 2014

There are 19 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Semantics (computer science)		31.3599
2	Persian (fa) معنی‌شناسی (علوم رایانه)		25.8551
3	Serbian (sr) Семантика програмских језика		18.7873
4	French (fr) Sémantique des langages de programmation		15.8174
5	Arabic (ar) علم الدلالة الشكلي		13.4434
6	German (de) Formale Semantik		9.979
7	Korean (ko) 의미론 (컴퓨터 과학)		9.4857
8	Russian (ru) Семантика (программирование)		9.1509
9	Czech (cs) Sémantika programovacích jazyků		8.9409
10	Italian (it) Semantica formale		7.9021

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Semantics (computer science)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Semantics (computer science)		1 105 132
2	Russian (ru) Семантика (программирование)		474 666
3	German (de) Formale Semantik		294 929
4	Japanese (ja) プログラム意味論		125 565
5	French (fr) Sémantique des langages de programmation		100 588
6	Spanish (es) Semántica de lenguajes de programación		93 557
7	Portuguese (pt) Semântica formal		67 040
8	Italian (it) Semantica formale		51 584
9	Chinese (zh) 形式语义学		35 218
10	Ukrainian (uk) Семантика (інформатика)		26 984

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Semantics (computer science)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Semantics (computer science)		4 847
2	Russian (ru) Семантика (программирование)		648
3	Japanese (ja) プログラム意味論		442
4	German (de) Formale Semantik		365
5	Chinese (zh) 形式语义学		168
6	French (fr) Sémantique des langages de programmation		154
7	Ukrainian (uk) Семантика (інформатика)		95
8	Italian (it) Semantica formale		86
9	Portuguese (pt) Semântica formal		71
10	Spanish (es) Semántica de lenguajes de programación		58

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

Language versions of the article "Semantics (computer science)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Semantics (computer science)		75
2	German (de) Formale Semantik		49
3	French (fr) Sémantique des langages de programmation		48
4	Russian (ru) Семантика (программирование)		43
5	Japanese (ja) プログラム意味論		19
6	Italian (it) Semantica formale		17
7	Portuguese (pt) Semântica formal		11
8	Serbian (sr) Семантика програмских језика		11
9	Azerbaijani (az) Semantika (informatika)		10
10	Ukrainian (uk) Семантика (інформатика)		10

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

Language versions of the article "Semantics (computer science)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Azerbaijani (az) Semantika (informatika)		1
2	Arabic (ar) علم الدلالة الشكلي		0
3	Czech (cs) Sémantika programovacích jazyků		0
4	German (de) Formale Semantik		0
5	Greek (el) Τυπική σημασιολογία των γλωσσών προγραμματισμού		0
6	English (en) Semantics (computer science)		0
7	Spanish (es) Semántica de lenguajes de programación		0
8	Persian (fa) معنی‌شناسی (علوم رایانه)		0
9	French (fr) Sémantique des langages de programmation		0
10	Croatian (hr) Formalna semantika programskih jezika		0

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

Language versions of the article "Semantics (computer science)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Semantics (computer science)		507
2	French (fr) Sémantique des langages de programmation		208
3	Ukrainian (uk) Семантика (інформатика)		200
4	Persian (fa) معنی‌شناسی (علوم رایانه)		186
5	Japanese (ja) プログラム意味論		154
6	Chinese (zh) 形式语义学		149
7	Arabic (ar) علم الدلالة الشكلي		132
8	German (de) Formale Semantik		68
9	Russian (ru) Семантика (программирование)		67
10	Italian (it) Semantica formale		39

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic علم الدلالة الشكلي
az	Azerbaijani Semantika (informatika)
cs	Czech Sémantika programovacích jazyků
de	German Formale Semantik
el	Greek Τυπική σημασιολογία των γλωσσών προγραμματισμού
en	English Semantics (computer science)
es	Spanish Semántica de lenguajes de programación
fa	Persian معنی‌شناسی (علوم رایانه)
fr	French Sémantique des langages de programmation
hr	Croatian Formalna semantika programskih jezika
it	Italian Semantica formale
ja	Japanese プログラム意味論
ko	Korean 의미론 (컴퓨터 과학)
nl	Dutch Semantiek (informatica)
pt	Portuguese Semântica formal
ru	Russian Семантика (программирование)
sr	Serbian Семантика програмских језика
uk	Ukrainian Семантика (інформатика)
zh	Chinese 形式语义学

Best Rank

English: #92012 09.2014

Global: #88572 09.2014

Best Rank

English: #9754 12.2003

Global: #13446 12.2003

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