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Britannica.com is the domain name of the main website of Encyclopædia Britannica, [2] which provides partial free access to the paid online edition of the encyclopaedia, titled Encyclopaedia Britannica. [3]

In 1999, they launched Britannica.com, which contained the complete Encyclopædia Britannica. Britannica.com laid off 20 per cent of its work force one year later.

In addition to the full text database and thousands of illustrations, Britannica Online served as a gateway to the World Wide Web by providing direct links to outside sources of information.

Oct 22, 2025 · The Encyclopaedia Britannica was first published in 1768, when it began to appear in Edinburgh, and its first digital version debuted in 1981. In 1994 Britannica released the first Internet …

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In Encyclopædia Britannica: Britannica in the digital era …in 1999 the company launched Britannica.com, a free site featuring an Internet search engine, subject channels, current events, and …

The template produces a link with the URL https://www.britannica.com/URL. The URL of topic/architecture/Space-and-mass will result in a link to the "Space and mass" article as described …

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