Editing Encyclopedia

An '''encyclopedia''' is a collection of knowledge. Often, in an encyclopedia, there is an article related to events, things, social facts, social phenomenon, science topics, and so forth. Encyclopedias can cover a large array of knowledge.

Historically, most encyclopedias were printed on paper.  Today, most are on the internet, though there are a few that still print physical copies or distribute digital media.  The terms "internet encyclopedia" and "online encyclopedia" refer to any modern encyclopedia that can be found online.

==Etymology==
''encyclopedia (n.) 1530s, "course of instruction," from Modern Latin encyclopaedia (c.1500), thought to be a false reading by Latin authors of Greek enkyklios paideia taken as "general education," but literally "training in a circle," i.e. the "circle" of arts and sciences, the essentials of a liberal education; from enkyklios "circular," also "general" (from en "in" + kyklos "circle") + paideia "education, child-rearing," from pais (genitive paidos) "child" (see pedo-).''

''Modern sense of "reference work arranged alphabetically" is from 1640s, often applied specifically to the French "Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts, et des Métiers" (1751-65).''
<ref>http://etymonline.com/?term=encyclopedia</ref>

==Print==
*[[Encyclopedia Americana]]
*[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]

==Online==
*[[Encyc]]
*[[Wikipedia]]

==Note==
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==See also==
* [[Dictionary]]

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