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     • Microsoft Encarta is a discontinued digital multimedia encyclopedia 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.
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   Is Encarta a digital encyclopedia?

   • Encarta was a digital encyclopedia created by Microsoft and first released in 1993. It was originally available on CD-ROM and was later made available online. Encarta was known for its multimedia content, including images, videos, and animations, as well as its user-friendly interface and interactive features.

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   Was Microsoft Encarta a good Encyclopedia?

   • According to Ernie Smith: “While Microsoft Encarta probably would have been a better work with the contents of the best encyclopedia, what they got instead — a deal with Funk & Wagnalls, the Coldplay of encyclopedias — was good enough.” Good enough indeed. By 1993, Microsoft had thoroughly trounced old school reference material companies.

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   Is Encarta a CD-ROM?

   • A student holding a CD-ROM of the 1995 edition of Encarta, a digital encyclopaedia published by Microsoft. Encarta, multimedia digital encyclopaedia produced by Microsoft Corporation (1993–2009). Initially a CD-ROM product, the Encarta brand later expanded to include an Internet-based incarnation and was bundled with other Microsoft products.

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   When did Encarta become the best selling Encyclopedia?

   • Encarta showed that with a low-enough price it was selling for $99 when Britannica introduced its own CD-ROM encyclopedia in 1994 for $995 it could become the best-selling encyclopedia. But the triumph was short-lived. Microsoft soon learned that the public would no longer pay for information once it was available free.

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   Microsoft Encarta is a discontinued digital multimedia encyclopedia 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]

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   Encarta, multimedia digital encyclopedia produced by Microsoft Corporation (1993–2009). Initially a CD-ROM product, the Encarta brand later expanded to include an Internet-based incarnation and was bundled with other Microsoft products. Learn more about Encarta in this article.

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   Nov 4, 2023 · Retro Alex. November 4, 2023. Microsoft Encarta changed the way we sought facts and explored subjects. Gone were the days of paging through hefty, dusty encyclopedias that sat on bookshelves. This was the new age: interactive, vibrant, and brimming with potential.

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   July 2, 1993. Latest release version. Encarta Premium 2009. August 10, 2008. Licensing. Proprietary commercial software. Operating system. Microsoft Windows. Platform. x86 and x64. Website. encarta.msn.com (archived 2009-10-31) Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009.

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   May 2, 2009 · By Randall Stross. May 2, 2009. THIS is the end of the line for Encarta, the encyclopedia that Microsoft introduced in 1993 and still describes boastfully on its Web site as “the No. 1...

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   Dec 21, 2023 · The $99 Encarta was a smashing success: it quickly sold 350,000 units, making it the best-selling CD-ROM encyclopedia by the end of 1993. Its sales passed a million units the next year.”

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    Encarta was a digital encyclopedia created by Microsoft and first released in 1993. It was originally available on CD-ROM and was later made available online. Encarta was known for its multimedia content, including images, videos, and animations, as well as its user-friendly interface and interactive features.