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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.
An online encyclopedia, also called an Internet encyclopedia, is a digital encyclopedia accessible through the Internet. Some examples include Encyclopedia.com since 1998, Encarta from 2000 to 2009, Wikipedia since 2001, and Encyclopædia Britannica since 2016.
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 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
MSN Encarta, an encyclopedia; MSN Groups, a collection of online communities; MSN Music, a music service; MSN QnA, a question-and-answer website; MSN Soapbox, a video service; MSN Spaces, a collection of blogs and personal websites; MSN Toolbar, an add-on for Internet Explorer; MSN TV, a set-top box for televisions
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At the turn of the millennium, the online encyclopedia, like hovercraft and jetpacks, was an unfulfilled promise of the future. Microsoft Encarta made it to the web in that year, and the venerable Encyclopedia Britannica had been on the web since 1994.