Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Denis Howe |
| Created by | Denis Howe, many contributors |
| Revenue | Yes |
| Website | foldoc.org |
| Alexa rank |
 563,655 (April 2014)[1] |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | 1985 |
| Current status | Active |
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) is an online, searchable, encyclopedic dictionary of computing subjects.[2][3] It 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.[4]
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 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.
References
- ↑ "Foldoc.org Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ↑ About FOLDOC
- ↑ World of Computing – Computing – Imperial College London
- ↑ Hodgkin, Adam. "How Web-Based Reference Books Are Evolving Beyond the Dictionary". Retrieved 2009-01-04.