The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

More than 40 advocacy organizations are urging Wikipedia editors and the Wikimedia Foundation’s board of trustees to reject what they describe as founder-driven efforts to censor the encyclopedia’s ...

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There are two built-in ways to view, customize, and clear your Personal Dictionary on a Windows 11 computer. These are: Using the Settings app Using the default.dic file. Let’s check both ways one by ...

Abstract: Both online and off, people frequently perform particular social roles. These roles organize behavior and give structure to positions in local networks. As more of social life becomes ...

The term esports has been thrown around on the internet for quite some time now. In fact, since the pandemic, we’ve seen a rise in the use of the term, although many times people use the wrong context ...

A dictionary converting Japanese Wikipedia's short abstracts of articles as consolidated by DBPedia in the Stardict format. For use by KOReader and other eReaders or by GoldenDict on PC. Inspired by ...

Because I used to be an editor on the Dictionary, I had always wondered — and because we knew that this was a crowdsourced project, like the Wikipedia of the 19th century — I had always wondered who ...

After graduate school, I treated myself to a full set — that's 20 very large and heavy volumes — of the Oxford English Dictionary for my home office. It was a very on-brand purchase for me, and also a ...

A former editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, Sarah Ogilvie, made a startling discovery in the basement archives: six handwritten address books noting the names of more than 3,000 people who ...

Here are some of the pros and cons to college students using Wikipedia in their research and assignments, from two research and instruction librarians at the University of Dayton. What comes to mind ...