context: The British Encyclopedia, or "Britannica", is a public encyclopedia in the English language issued by the British Encyclopedia, Private Limited. The articles in the encyclopedia target educated and educated readers and are written by 100 full-time employees and over 4,400 dedicated contributors. [1] It is one of the most famous, accurate, and comprehensive encyclopedias. [2] The encyclopedia is one of the oldest encyclopedias in the English language that is still being published. [3] It was first published between 1768 AD and 1771 CE in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, and it rapidly grew in size and popularity. In the year 1801 AD, the third edition contained 20 volumes [4] and this rapid emergence attracted distinguished writers in their specialties. The ninth (1875-1889) and eleventh (1911) editions are important milestones in the history of the encyclopedia for their new style of cognitive and literary presentation. In the eleventh edition, articles were shortened and simplified to attract North American readers and thereby expand their reach. In the year (1933), it became the first encyclopedia that applies the method of sustainable updating, which requires a permanent and revised reprint and periodically updates its articles according to a specific program.
question: What is the Encyclopedia Britannica?
answers.text: public encyclopedia in the English language issued by the British Encyclopedia, Private Limited