Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: Difference between revisions

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{{short description|Online, searchable, encyclopedic dictionary of computing subjects}}

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{{Infobox website

| name = Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)

| logo = [httpFile://foldoc.org/foldocFoldoc.gif]

| screenshot = foldoc-screenshot.png

| screenshot_size = 250px

| url = {{URL|httphttps://foldoc.org/}}

| commercial = No

| type = [[Internet encyclopedia project]]

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| current_status = Active

| revenue = Yes

| ipv6 = Yes

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The '''Free On-line Dictionary of Computing''' ('''FOLDOC''') is an online, searchable, [[encyclopedic dictionary]] of [[computing]] subjects.<ref>[http{{cite web| url = https://foldoc.org/about.html| title = About FOLDOC]}}</ref>

==History==

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==Open sourcing==

The dictionary incorporates the text of other free resources, such as the [[Jargon File]], as well as covering many other computing-related topics. Due to its availability under the [[GFDL|GNU Free Documentation License]], a [[copyleft]] license, it has in turn been incorporated in whole or part into other [[free content]] projects, such as [[Wikipedia]].

==Recognition==

* This site's brief 2001 review by a [[Ziff Davis]] publication begins "Despite this online dictionary’s pale user interface, it offers impressive functionality."<ref>{{cite magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=17 May 2001 |url=https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/48274-free-online-dictionary-of-computing |title=Free Online Dictionary of Computing |website=ExtremeTech.com |access-date=26 September 2017-2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926100755/https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/48274-free-online-dictionary-of-computing |archive-date=26 September 2017 |url-status=??dead }}</ref>

* Oxford University Press knows of them,<ref>{{cite web

| url = http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095834413

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==External links==

* {{Official website|httphttps://foldoc.org/}}

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[[Category:Computer science education in the United Kingdom]]

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[[Category:Online dictionaries]]

[[Category:Technical communication]]

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