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Encarta
Microsoft's digital encyclopedia. Launched in 1993 on CD-ROM, Encarta was initially based on the Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia and later augmented with the inclusion of Collier's and New Merit Scholar's Encyclopedias. With approximately 60,000 articles, compared to Wikipedia's nearly three million, Encarta was discontinued in 2009.


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There is little need to introduce the Encarta Encyclopedia 62,000 articles thousands of Web links, vetted by the encyclopedias editors videos, sound clips interactive maps, including geopolitical, climatic, and topographical 2 D and 3 D tours of historical events a Dynamic Timeline of thousands of eras and events and Encarta Kids for children under the age of 12.
It announced in March the discontinuation of both versions of its Encarta encyclopedia.
The Encarta Encyclopedia defines the word diva as a spoilt brat, attention-seeker, show-off or bragger Derived from the Italian, the word diva used to mean "goddess" or "exceptional female singer" but over the years the word has become known in popular culture to describe a very difficult, hard to handle woman or man The Encarta Encyclopedia defines the word diva as a spoilt brat, attention-seeker, show-off or bragger.
 
 
 
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