Online encyclopedia
Encyclopedia accessible via the Internet
Summary
An online encyclopedia, also called an Internet encyclopedia, is a digital encyclopedia accessible through the Internet. Some examples include pre-World Wide Web services that offered the Academic American Encyclopedia beginning in 1980, Encyclopedia.com since 1998, Encarta from 2000 to 2009, Wikipedia since 2001, Encyclopædia Britannica since 2016, and Grokipedia since 2025.
Originally created by Stephen Gilbert
6/18/2003, 1:44:59 PM
Modified
4/25/2026, 10:24:57 PM
Recent revisions
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