Encarta

Also known as Microsoft Encarta, Enciclopedia Encarta

Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia and search engine 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. By 2008, the complete English version, Encarta Premium, consisted of more than 62,000 articles, numerous photos and illustrations, music clips, videos, interactive content, timelines, maps, atlases and homework tools.

Key facts

Software.name: Microsoft Encarta
Software.logo: Encarta logo.svg
Software.screenshot: Encarta2009Premium.png
Software.screenshot_size: 300px
Software.caption: Encarta Premium 2009 on Windows 7
Software.developer: Microsoft
Software.discontinued: yes
Software.latest release version: 2009
Software.operating system: Microsoft Windows
Software.language: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Japanese
Software.genre: Encyclopedia
Software.license: Proprietary commercial software

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working title: Gandalf
start time: 1993-00-00
end time: 2009-00-00
title: Encarta
publication date: 1993-00-00

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15 sections

Contents

History
Background
Launch
Move to the web and demise
Contents and features
World Atlas
Criticism of regional variations
Technology
User editing
Chatbot
Updates
Reception
See also
References
External links

Microsoft published similar encyclopedias under the Encarta trademark in various languages, including German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. Localized versions contained contents licensed from national sources and different amounts of content than the full English version. For example, the Dutch-language version had content from the Dutch Winkler Prins encyclopedia.