Encyclopedias, Reference Works

Links for technical writers and others who create technical documentation and software documentation: encyclopedias, reference works

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Wikipedia (English)

English edition of the well-known free encyclopedia.

Wikipedia (Deutsch)

Deutsche Ausgabe der bekannten freien Enzyklopädie.

Answers.com

Searches several online encyclopedias and dictionaries simultaneously and lists the results clearly arranged.

About.com

Comprehensive articles on a vast spectrum of topics..

Acronym Finder

If you wonder what an acronym stands for: here is the answer. Also allows to search using wildcards, as well as to run a reverse search to find an acronym corresponding to a specific keyword. Claims to be the worlds largest dictionary of its kind.

Symbols.com

Online encyclopedia of western signs and ideograms. Provides a graphic index to search for the meaning of a sign, as well as a word index to find a sign with a certain meaning.

Glossary Crawler

Finds online glossaries that explain a certain term.

NetLingo

Provides thousands of definitions of terms and buzzwords relating to business, technology, and communication.

FOLDOC

Free Online Dictionary of computing. Gives very comprehensive explanations.

edv-abkuerzungen.de

Bietet Informationen zu kryptischen Akronymen aus der EDV-Branche suchen. Zu vielen Einträgen wird ergänzend zur wörtlichen Bedeutung ein kurzer Erklärungstext angezeigt.

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