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Wikipedia offers free copies of all available content to interested users. These databases can be used for mirroring, personal use, informal backups, offline use or database queries (such as for Wikipedia:Maintenance).
Database. In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system ( DBMS ), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data.
Nov 26, 2019 · In fact, Wikipedia no longer needs an internet connection to access its database — it can be downloaded within a short amount of time. As long as you’re prepared for a huge file, it can be done...
Wikipedia gets a whole new set of servers, paid for through donations to the Wikimedia Foundation. The new architecture has a new database server (suda), with a set of separate systems running Apache, as well as "squids" that cache results (to reduce the load). More details are at m:Wikimedia servers.
Nov 27, 2020 · Nov 27, 2020, 10:59 AM PST. Wikipedia is an open-source, openly edited online encyclopedia created in 2001. Ali Balikci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia...
Starting in January 2002 (Phase II), Wikipedia began running on a PHP wiki engine with a MySQL database; this software was custom-made for Wikipedia by Magnus Manske. The Phase II software was repeatedly modified to accommodate the exponentially increasing demand.
