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Nov 4, 2023 · The educational and public response to Encarta’s closure was mixed – a blend of nostalgia for the end of an era and acceptance of the inevitable. In classrooms and homes, Encarta had been a beacon of knowledge, a digital mentor for a generation.
Mar 31, 2009 · This week, Microsoft announced the end of Encarta, its multimedia encyclopedia that started life as a CD-ROM-only product offering way back in 1993. Back then, even a CD-ROM drive was a novelty.
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Mar 30, 2009 · Microsoft Encarta Dies After Long Battle With Wikipedia. Microsoft delivered the coup de grâce Monday to its dying Encarta encyclopedia, acknowledging what everyone else realized long ago: it...
Dec 29, 2023 · The fall of Encarta marked the end of an era for offline digital encyclopedias. While paid electronic encyclopedias like Britannica still exist, the need for such offline resources has diminished in the age of instant, online information access.
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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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 best-selling encyclopedia software...
Encarta. 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]