Parameter (computer programming)

Parameter - in computer programming, special kind of variable that holds data that was passed as an argument to a subroutine. Article “Parameter (computer programming)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 23.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Parameter (computer programming)”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 556 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1639 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #691 in January 2025
• Global: #14159 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #30658 in October 2019
• Global: #20982 in June 2008

There are 24 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Hungarian (hu) Paraméter (számítógép-programozás)		48.1028
2	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		41.2903
3	Chinese (zh) 參數 (程式設計)		40.0313
4	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		35.6627
5	Polish (pl) Parametr (informatyka)		27.6493
6	Ukrainian (uk) Параметр (програмування)		25.8744
7	Simple English (simple) Parameter (computer programming)		23.2656
8	Finnish (fi) Parametri (tietotekniikka)		22.3845
9	Norwegian (no) Parameter (informatikk)		21.7383
10	Arabic (ar) وسيط (برمجة)		21.4737

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Parameter (computer programming)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		2 020 762
2	Japanese (ja) 引数		766 371
3	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		537 241
4	Spanish (es) Argumento (informática)		378 403
5	French (fr) Paramètre (programmation informatique)		332 962
6	Russian (ru) Параметр (программирование)		267 252
7	Portuguese (pt) Parâmetro (ciência da computação)		178 943
8	Korean (ko) 매개변수 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)		124 265
9	Vietnamese (vi) Tham số (lập trình máy tính)		96 308
10	Finnish (fi) Parametri (tietotekniikka)		88 221

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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 "Parameter (computer programming)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		1 476
2	Japanese (ja) 引数		722
3	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		374
4	Chinese (zh) 參數 (程式設計)		357
5	French (fr) Paramètre (programmation informatique)		330
6	Russian (ru) Параметр (программирование)		136
7	Portuguese (pt) Parâmetro (ciência da computação)		108
8	Korean (ko) 매개변수 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)		92
9	Finnish (fi) Parametri (tietotekniikka)		87
10	Czech (cs) Parametr funkce		71

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		145
2	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		88
3	French (fr) Paramètre (programmation informatique)		64
4	Japanese (ja) 引数		49
5	Russian (ru) Параметр (программирование)		39
6	Spanish (es) Argumento (informática)		21
7	Ukrainian (uk) Параметр (програмування)		19
8	Czech (cs) Parametr funkce		17
9	Chinese (zh) 參數 (程式設計)		17
10	Vietnamese (vi) Tham số (lập trình máy tính)		15

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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 "Parameter (computer programming)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		4
2	Korean (ko) 매개변수 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)		1
3	Ukrainian (uk) Параметр (програмування)		1
4	Arabic (ar) وسيط (برمجة)		0
5	Catalan (ca) Paràmetre (informàtica)		0
6	Czech (cs) Parametr funkce		0
7	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		0
8	Greek (el) Παράμετρος (υπολογιστές)		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Parametro (programado)		0
10	Spanish (es) Argumento (informática)		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 "Parameter (computer programming)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Parameter (computer programming)		245
2	German (de) Parameter (Informatik)		237
3	Ukrainian (uk) Параметр (програмування)		230
4	French (fr) Paramètre (programmation informatique)		173
5	Japanese (ja) 引数		161
6	Portuguese (pt) Parâmetro (ciência da computação)		93
7	Russian (ru) Параметр (программирование)		71
8	Spanish (es) Argumento (informática)		69
9	Korean (ko) 매개변수 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)		54
10	Chinese (zh) 參數 (程式設計)		53

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وسيط (برمجة)
ca	Catalan Paràmetre (informàtica)
cs	Czech Parametr funkce
de	German Parameter (Informatik)
el	Greek Παράμετρος (υπολογιστές)
en	English Parameter (computer programming)
eo	Esperanto Parametro (programado)
es	Spanish Argumento (informática)
fa	Persian پارامتر (برنامه‌نویسی رایانه‌ای)
fi	Finnish Parametri (tietotekniikka)
fr	French Paramètre (programmation informatique)
hu	Hungarian Paraméter (számítógép-programozás)
ja	Japanese 引数
ko	Korean 매개변수 (컴퓨터 프로그래밍)
no	Norwegian Parameter (informatikk)
pl	Polish Parametr (informatyka)
pt	Portuguese Parâmetro (ciência da computação)
ru	Russian Параметр (программирование)
simple	Simple English Parameter (computer programming)
sl	Slovenian Parameter (računalništvo)
uk	Ukrainian Параметр (програмування)
uz	Uzbek Parametr
vi	Vietnamese Tham số (lập trình máy tính)
zh	Chinese 參數 (程式設計)

Best Rank

Simple English: #30658 10.2019

Global: #20982 06.2008

Best Rank

Simple English: #691 01.2025

Global: #14159 03.2004

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