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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inEnglish
OwnerDenis Howe
Created byDenis Howe, many contributors
RevenueYes
URLfoldoc.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationNone

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) is an online, searchable, encyclopedic dictionary of computing subjects.[2][3] It was founded in 1985 by Denis Howe and was hosted by Imperial College London. In the span from May 2 to 7 of 2015, the site has updated to state that it is "no longer supported by Imperial College Department of Computing". Howe has served as the editor-in-chief since the dictionary's inception, with visitors to the website able to make suggestions for additions or corrections to articles.[4]

The dictionary incorporates the text of other free resources, such as the Jargon File, as well as covering many other computing-related topics. Due to its availability under the GNU Free Documentation License, a copyleft license, it has in turn been incorporated in whole or part into other free content projects, such as Wikipedia.

References

  1. ^ "Foldoc.org Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. ^ About FOLDOC
  3. ^ World of Computing – Computing – Imperial College London
  4. ^ Hodgkin, Adam. "How Web-Based Reference Books Are Evolving Beyond the Dictionary". Retrieved 2009-01-04.


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