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Backward compatibility

Quality:

Backward compatibility - property of a system, product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system, especially in telecommunications and computing. Article “Backward compatibility” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in Estonian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Backward compatibility”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 715 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 36 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3198 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2143 in January 2010
  • Global: #2119 in October 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #4124 in July 2010
  • Global: #46963 in December 2008

There are 29 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Estonian (et)
Tagasiühilduvus
63.2826
2Catalan (ca)
Retrocompatibilitat
48.098
3English (en)
Backward compatibility
39.2395
4Portuguese (pt)
Compatibilidade reversa
24.9126
5Esperanto (eo)
Retrokongruo
22.8779
6Lithuanian (lt)
Atgalinis suderinamumas
22.2948
7Arabic (ar)
توافقية رجعية
22.1216
8Kazakh (kk)
Кері үйлесімділік
21.4095
9Urdu (ur)
عقبی مطابقت
19.3929
10Persian (fa)
سازگاری عقبرو
17.926
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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 "Backward compatibility" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Backward compatibility
2 831 461
2French (fr)
Compatibilité ascendante et descendante
178 953
3Russian (ru)
Обратная совместимость
141 031
4Spanish (es)
Retrocompatibilidad
135 096
5Chinese (zh)
向下兼容
106 517
6Polish (pl)
Kompatybilność wsteczna
88 360
7Korean (ko)
하위 호환성
85 955
8Dutch (nl)
Achterwaartse compatibiliteit
58 574
9Italian (it)
Retrocompatibilità
53 021
10Portuguese (pt)
Compatibilidade reversa
51 653
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Backward compatibility" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Backward compatibility
11 486
2Russian (ru)
Обратная совместимость
394
3Chinese (zh)
向下兼容
391
4French (fr)
Compatibilité ascendante et descendante
369
5Spanish (es)
Retrocompatibilidad
268
6Simple English (simple)
Backward compatibility
253
7Italian (it)
Retrocompatibilità
175
8Dutch (nl)
Achterwaartse compatibiliteit
144
9Persian (fa)
سازگاری عقبرو
112
10Polish (pl)
Kompatybilność wsteczna
106
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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 "Backward compatibility" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Backward compatibility
323
2French (fr)
Compatibilité ascendante et descendante
55
3Russian (ru)
Обратная совместимость
35
4Italian (it)
Retrocompatibilità
34
5Chinese (zh)
向下兼容
31
6Dutch (nl)
Achterwaartse compatibiliteit
30
7Spanish (es)
Retrocompatibilidad
28
8Polish (pl)
Kompatybilność wsteczna
22
9Swedish (sv)
Bakåtkompatibilitet
20
10Persian (fa)
سازگاری عقبرو
15
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Backward compatibility" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Italian (it)
Retrocompatibilità
2
2Korean (ko)
하위 호환성
1
3Arabic (ar)
توافقية رجعية
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Geriyə uyumlu
0
5Catalan (ca)
Retrocompatibilitat
0
6Czech (cs)
Zpětná kompatibilita
0
7English (en)
Backward compatibility
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Retrokongruo
0
9Spanish (es)
Retrocompatibilidad
0
10Estonian (et)
Tagasiühilduvus
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 "Backward compatibility" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Backward compatibility
1 132
2Chinese (zh)
向下兼容
183
3Czech (cs)
Zpětná kompatibilita
182
4Portuguese (pt)
Compatibilidade reversa
173
5French (fr)
Compatibilité ascendante et descendante
171
6Russian (ru)
Обратная совместимость
152
7Italian (it)
Retrocompatibilità
144
8Spanish (es)
Retrocompatibilidad
137
9Polish (pl)
Kompatybilność wsteczna
128
10Hebrew (he)
תאימות לאחור
119
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
توافقية رجعية
azAzerbaijani
Geriyə uyumlu
caCatalan
Retrocompatibilitat
csCzech
Zpětná kompatibilita
enEnglish
Backward compatibility
eoEsperanto
Retrokongruo
esSpanish
Retrocompatibilidad
etEstonian
Tagasiühilduvus
faPersian
سازگاری عقبرو
fiFinnish
Taaksepäin suuntautuva yhteensopivuus
frFrench
Compatibilité ascendante et descendante
heHebrew
תאימות לאחור
itItalian
Retrocompatibilità
kkKazakh
Кері үйлесімділік
koKorean
하위 호환성
ltLithuanian
Atgalinis suderinamumas
nlDutch
Achterwaartse compatibiliteit
noNorwegian
Bakoverkompatibilitet
plPolish
Kompatybilność wsteczna
ptPortuguese
Compatibilidade reversa
roRomanian
Compatibilitate inversă
ruRussian
Обратная совместимость
simpleSimple English
Backward compatibility
skSlovak
Spätná kompatibilita
svSwedish
Bakåtkompatibilitet
trTurkish
Geriye uyumluluk
ukUkrainian
Зворотна сумісність
urUrdu
عقبی مطابقت
zhChinese
向下兼容

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#4124
07.2010
Global:
#46963
12.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2143
01.2010
Global:
#2119
10.2001

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Backward compatibility from Wikipedia articles about Nintendo Switch 2, List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360. Whereas reading the article about Backward compatibility people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Forward compatibility, List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X/S, Wii, List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360 and Nintendo GameCube.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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