Encyclopedia

‘Encyclopedia’ is a term that has been used to refer to a text intended as a knowledge database.
An encyclopedia or encyclopaedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either from all branches or from a particular field or discipline.AAA An online encyclopedia, also called a digital encyclopedia, is an encyclopedia accessible through the internet, such as Wikipedia. AAB
=== Etymology ===
* encyclopedia (n.) 1530s, "general 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;" see in + kyklos "circle;" from PIE root *kwel- (1) "revolve, move round") + 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). Related: Encyclopedist.https://www.etymonline.com/word/encyclopedia r. Oct 2019
== Branching ==
* See: Documentation; Information; Knowledge; Data; Archivism; Collection; Compendium; Collegium;
* Gatherinng; Assemblage; Library; Archive; Lexicon; Dictionary 
* Encyclopedias; Database; Textbook; Handbook
* Tradition; Philosophy
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