Device file

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Device file

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Device file - interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file; e.g. /dev/* in Unix-like systems; CON, PRN, NUL in DOS/Windows. Article “Device file” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Device file”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 531 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2337 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #11409 in July 2020
  • Global: #4175 in June 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #33342 in July 2020
  • Global: #56501 in January 2015

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, 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)
Device file
59.186
2Vietnamese (vi)
Tập tin thiết bị
43.1319
3Ukrainian (uk)
Файл пристрою
26.7239
4Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
23.3541
5Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
19.1387
6Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
17.8273
7German (de)
Gerätedatei
16.3703
8Indonesian (id)
Berkas peranti
14.3889
9Polish (pl)
Plik urządzenia
14.1194
10Korean (ko)
장치 파일
14.0113
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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 "Device file" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Device file
2 400 818
2Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
272 672
3German (de)
Gerätedatei
174 668
4Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
78 145
5Spanish (es)
Archivo de dispositivo
69 322
6Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
35 431
7Polish (pl)
Plik urządzenia
33 575
8Korean (ko)
장치 파일
27 834
9Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
27 090
10Czech (cs)
Zařízení (soubor)
16 562
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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 "Device file" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Device file
3 137
2Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
174
3Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
138
4German (de)
Gerätedatei
118
5Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
106
6Spanish (es)
Archivo de dispositivo
50
7Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
33
8Korean (ko)
장치 파일
29
9Persian (fa)
فایل دستگاهی
21
10Czech (cs)
Zařízení (soubor)
19
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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 "Device file" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Device file
246
2German (de)
Gerätedatei
98
3Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
26
4Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
25
5Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
23
6Czech (cs)
Zařízení (soubor)
19
7Spanish (es)
Archivo de dispositivo
16
8Polish (pl)
Plik urządzenia
16
9Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
12
10Persian (fa)
فایل دستگاهی
11
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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 "Device file" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Device file
1
2Catalan (ca)
Fitxer dispositiu
0
3Czech (cs)
Zařízení (soubor)
0
4German (de)
Gerätedatei
0
5Spanish (es)
Archivo de dispositivo
0
6Persian (fa)
فایل دستگاهی
0
7French (fr)
Fichier spécial
0
8Indonesian (id)
Berkas peranti
0
9Italian (it)
Dispositivo a caratteri
0
10Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
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 "Device file" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Device file
790
2Russian (ru)
Специальный файл устройства
289
3Persian (fa)
فایل دستگاهی
276
4Chinese (zh)
设备文件系统
205
5Korean (ko)
장치 파일
196
6Japanese (ja)
デバイスファイル
146
7Portuguese (pt)
Arquivo de dispositivo
107
8Catalan (ca)
Fitxer dispositiu
70
9Ukrainian (uk)
Файл пристрою
61
10German (de)
Gerätedatei
57
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Fitxer dispositiu
csCzech
Zařízení (soubor)
deGerman
Gerätedatei
enEnglish
Device file
esSpanish
Archivo de dispositivo
faPersian
فایل دستگاهی
frFrench
Fichier spécial
idIndonesian
Berkas peranti
itItalian
Dispositivo a caratteri
jaJapanese
デバイスファイル
koKorean
장치 파일
noNorwegian
Utstyrsfil
plPolish
Plik urządzenia
ptPortuguese
Arquivo de dispositivo
ruRussian
Специальный файл устройства
simpleSimple English
Device file
ukUkrainian
Файл пристрою
viVietnamese
Tập tin thiết bị
zhChinese
设备文件系统

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#33342
07.2020
Global:
#56501
01.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#11409
07.2020
Global:
#4175
06.2002

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Device file from Wikipedia articles about Loop device, Storage area network, /dev/null, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard and Udev. Whereas reading the article about Device file people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Device driver, Linux Assigned Names and Numbers Authority, Udev, Standard streams and Raw device.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Device file

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