| URL | foldoc.org |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
| Registration | None |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Denis Howe |
| Created by | Denis Howe, many contributors |
| Launched | 1985 |
| Alexa rank | 649,109 (January 2012[update])[1] |
| Revenue | No |
| Current status | Active |
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) is an online, searchable, encyclopedic dictionary of computing subjects.[2][3] It was founded in 1985 by Denis Howe and is hosted by Imperial College London. Howe has served as the editor-in-chief since the dictionary's inception, with visitors to the website able to make suggestions for additions or corrections to articles.[4]
The dictionary incorporates the text of other free resources, such as the Jargon File, as well as covering many other computing-related topics. Due to its availability under the GNU Free Documentation License, a copyleft license, it has in turn been incorporated in whole or part into other free content projects, such as Wikipedia.