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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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since the dictionary's inception, with visitors to the website able to make suggestions for additions or corrections to articles.
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publication begins "Despite this online dictionary’s pale user interface, it offers impressive functionality."
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The dictionary incorporates the text of other free resources, such as the
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license, it has in turn been incorporated in whole or part into other
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Online, searchable, encyclopedic dictionary of computing subjects
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FOLDOC was founded in 1985 by Denis Howe and was hosted by
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Index

FOLDOC


Internet encyclopedia project
English
Revenue
foldoc.org
encyclopedic dictionary
computing
Imperial College London
editor-in-chief
Jargon File
GNU Free Documentation License
copyleft
free content
Knowledge (XXG)
Ziff Davis
"About FOLDOC"
"How Web-Based Reference Books Are Evolving Beyond the Dictionary"
the original
"Free Online Dictionary of Computing"
the original
"Oxford Reference"
"OC E-Resources - CUFTS - Sfu"
Official website
Categories
Computer science education in the United Kingdom
Organisations associated with Imperial College London
Multilingual websites
Online dictionaries

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