Shutdown (computing)

Shutdown - procedure to turn off the computer. Article “Shutdown (computing)” in English Wikipedia has 38.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 9 references and 8 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.

Since the creation of article “Shutdown (computing)”, its content was written by 108 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 280 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 174 times in English Wikipedia and cited 687 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #48118 in August 2011
• Global: #83753 in November 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #171093 in August 2020
• Global: #87375 in October 2013

There are 12 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) Shutdown (computing)		38.8001
2	Chinese (zh) 关机		22.9682
3	Polish (pl) Shutdown		20.3571
4	Korean (ko) 셧다운		13.6566
5	German (de) Herunterfahren		12.1641
6	Persian (fa) خاموش‌کردن (رایانش)		11.8083
7	Vietnamese (vi) Shutdown (máy tính)		10.2418
8	Russian (ru) Выключение вычислительной системы		6.9684
9	Italian (it) Arresto (informatica)		6.9547
10	Japanese (ja) シャットダウン		6.6229

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Shutdown (computing)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shutdown (computing)		649 142
2	Portuguese (pt) Shutdown (comando)		255 259
3	Japanese (ja) シャットダウン		184 306
4	German (de) Herunterfahren		158 299
5	Polish (pl) Shutdown		86 424
6	Russian (ru) Выключение вычислительной системы		58 618
7	Korean (ko) 셧다운		54 070
8	Italian (it) Arresto (informatica)		50 840
9	Chinese (zh) 关机		15 359
10	Vietnamese (vi) Shutdown (máy tính)		12 687

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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 "Shutdown (computing)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shutdown (computing)		2 893
2	Japanese (ja) シャットダウン		304
3	Portuguese (pt) Shutdown (comando)		301
4	Chinese (zh) 关机		292
5	Korean (ko) 셧다운		185
6	German (de) Herunterfahren		172
7	Russian (ru) Выключение вычислительной системы		139
8	Vietnamese (vi) Shutdown (máy tính)		95
9	Polish (pl) Shutdown		62
10	Italian (it) Arresto (informatica)		43

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Shutdown (computing)		108
2	German (de) Herunterfahren		52
3	Italian (it) Arresto (informatica)		27
4	French (fr) Arrêt (informatique)		21
5	Japanese (ja) シャットダウン		21
6	Russian (ru) Выключение вычислительной системы		13
7	Korean (ko) 셧다운		10
8	Portuguese (pt) Shutdown (comando)		8
9	Polish (pl) Shutdown		7
10	Chinese (zh) 关机		7

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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 "Shutdown (computing)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Herunterfahren		1
2	English (en) Shutdown (computing)		0
3	Persian (fa) خاموش‌کردن (رایانش)		0
4	French (fr) Arrêt (informatique)		0
5	Italian (it) Arresto (informatica)		0
6	Japanese (ja) シャットダウン		0
7	Korean (ko) 셧다운		0
8	Polish (pl) Shutdown		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Shutdown (comando)		0
10	Russian (ru) Выключение вычислительной системы		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 "Shutdown (computing)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) シャットダウン		181
2	English (en) Shutdown (computing)		174
3	Italian (it) Arresto (informatica)		136
4	Korean (ko) 셧다운		59
5	Chinese (zh) 关机		44
6	Persian (fa) خاموش‌کردن (رایانش)		36
7	German (de) Herunterfahren		17
8	Portuguese (pt) Shutdown (comando)		17
9	French (fr) Arrêt (informatique)		9
10	Russian (ru) Выключение вычислительной системы		8

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#	Language	Value
de	German Herunterfahren
en	English Shutdown (computing)
fa	Persian خاموش‌کردن (رایانش)
fr	French Arrêt (informatique)
it	Italian Arresto (informatica)
ja	Japanese シャットダウン
ko	Korean 셧다운
pl	Polish Shutdown
pt	Portuguese Shutdown (comando)
ru	Russian Выключение вычислительной системы
vi	Vietnamese Shutdown (máy tính)
zh	Chinese 关机

Best Rank

English: #171093 08.2020

Global: #87375 10.2013

Best Rank

English: #48118 08.2011

Global: #83753 11.2009

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