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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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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==

FOLDOC was founded in 1985 by Denis Howe and was hosted by [[Imperial College London]]. In May 2015, the site was updated to state that it was "no longer supported by Imperial College Department of Computing". Howe has served as the [[editor-in-chief]] since the dictionary's inception, with visitors to the website able to make suggestions for additions or corrections to articles.<ref>{{cite web |first= Adam |last= Hodgkin |title= How Web-Based Reference Books Are Evolving Beyond the Dictionary |url= http://www.yourdictionary.com/about/news033.html |accessdateaccess-date= 2009-01-04 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120218212434/http://www.yourdictionary.com/about/news033.html |archive-date= 2012-02-18 }}</ref>

==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]].

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==External links==

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

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[[Category:Online dictionaries]]

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