Microsoft Encarta

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Cost / License

Paid
Proprietary

Application type

Encyclopedia

Origin

United States

Alerts

Discontinued

Platforms

Windows
Online

Alternatives

Discontinued

Microsoft announced it was discontinuing Encarta on March 2009

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Encyclopedia

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Proprietary and Commercial product.
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- English

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Microsoft Encarta was added to AlternativeTo by nandhp on Apr 15, 2009 and this page was last updated Jan 29, 2017. Microsoft Encarta is sometimes referred to as Encarta.

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What is Microsoft Encarta?

Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation from 1993 until 2009. As of 2008, the complete English version, Encarta Premium consisted of more than 62,000 articles, numerous photos and illustrations, music clips, videos, interactivities, timelines, maps and atlas, and homework tools, and is available on the World Wide Web by yearly subscription or by purchase on DVD-ROM or multiple CD-ROMs. Many articles could also be viewed online free of charge, a service supported by advertisements.