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Microsoft Encarta is a discontinued digital multimedia encyclopedia and search engine published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009. Originally sold on CD-ROM or DVD , it was also available online via annual subscription, although later articles could also be viewed for free online with advertisements. [ 1 ]
Microsoft Student is a discontinued application from Microsoft designed to help students in schoolwork and homework. It included Encarta , as well as several student-exclusive tools such as additional Microsoft Office templates (called Learning Essentials) and integration with other Microsoft applications, like Microsoft Word.
This marked a significant expansion of freely available encyclopedia content from Encarta, which previously offered only a limited selection of articles for free. Until now, premium content from Encarta had been limited to subscribers, with Microsoft charging $4.95 per month or $29.95 annually for the service.
Microsoft Encarta: 1993–2009 US$99.95/CAD$139.95 Microsoft Encarta Africana 1999-2001 (Later merged into Encarta) Microsoft Bookshelf: 1987, 1992, 1994-2000 US$69.95/CAD$99.95 Microsoft Cinemania: 1994-1997 US$59.95/CAD$79.95 Microsoft Automap Streets, Streets Plus (then Expedia Streets & Microsoft Streets & Trips) 1995-2013
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español (English: Universal Free Encyclopedia in Spanish) was a Spanish-language wiki-based online encyclopedia that started as a fork of the Spanish Wikipedia, released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 and using the same MediaWiki software.
Microsoft's Encarta, launched in 1993, was a landmark example as it had no printed equivalent. Articles were supplemented with video and audio files as well as numerous high-quality images. After sixteen years, Microsoft discontinued the Encarta line of products in 2009. [47]
Also used for Microsoft Stat Pack and Microsoft Small Business Consultant, it was a terminate-and-stay-resident program that ran alongside a dominant program, unbeknownst to the dominant program. Like Apple's similar Hypercard reader, Bookshelf engine's files used a single compound document , containing large numbers of subdocuments ("cards" or ...
Microsoft's Encarta, launched in 1993, was a landmark example as it had no printed equivalent. Articles were supplemented with video and audio files as well as numerous high-quality images. After sixteen years, Microsoft discontinued the Encarta line of products in 2009. [22]