Encarta is the name of a series of knowledge products updated by Microsoft every year. At present, the products include Encarta Reference Encyclopedia 200 1, Encarta French Learning, Encarta Spanish Learning, Encarta Encyclopedia 200 1 and Deluxe Edition 200 1, Encarta Interactive World Map 200 1, Encarta World English Dictionary 200 1 and so on. Encyclopedias (such as Encyclopedia Britannica) are recognized as authoritative dictionaries. But only readers in specific fields use it more. More time is quietly placed on the shelves of the library as decoration. This phenomenon is not only related to the public's thirst for knowledge, but also to the inconvenience of inquiry. Encarta series discs have greatly reduced their size. The text capacity of the encyclopedia exceeds 6,543,800+million words. Due to the classified compression, including 1000 hours of audio, you can hear Chairman Mao's announcement of the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the opening speech of the Eighth National Congress. Including more than 10,000 pictures and dozens of hours of animation. Not to mention the sales volume, its utilization rate is still not high.
Microsoft's ambition is to build a global information empire, and its products should be oriented to thousands of households. This is the development of DOS and Windows. After careful planning, Encarta product series was finally launched not long ago, and Encarta's website was established. It needs to satisfy the curiosity of internet surfers. It pursues the widest range of users. From its eye-catching introduction, we can see its user positioning: "Do you need to answer questions? Do you need to learn a subject? Need to satisfy curiosity? Do you need help with your homework? Do you need any help with the lecture? Do you need staff and consultants? Nkhata can help you! " In other words, almost everyone needs Encarta!
Encarta contains the content (1)Encarta query, from which you can get answers to various questions. It can retrieve all Encarta materials, so it is a universal gateway;
(2)Encarta reference You can access Encarta brand encyclopedia from here:
-Nkhata Encyclopedia.
-Encarta Online Deluxe Edition
-Map of Nkhata.
-Nkhata Dictionary of World English
(3)Encarta HowTo is a channel provided by our partner HowTo. 14000 answers with "HowTo" question. Give the answer step by step. Contains links about products and services;
(4)Encarta homework This is a resource for middle school students and college students. You can use it to do homework, do research and get some teaching materials;
(5)Encarta course This is adult education and training developed to meet the needs of career development or change, personal improvement and technical enhancement. After returning from Shanghai (1);
(6)Encarta language learning This is a place to learn foreign languages from the Internet. Provide an interactive environment with multi-level courses, reference materials and interesting new materials, and deeply dissect the development status and new trends of Fujian Nan 'an bathroom enterprises;
(7)Encarta stores can buy books, tapes and reference materials;
(8)Encarta curriculum connection teachers can search curriculum planning by grade, subject and keyword.
Find the allowed natural language.
Functional analysis also reflects this from the columns of the website. Including reference materials, assignments, colleges, courses, languages, How To, for parents, teachers, tutorials (provided by partner Tutorials, including 20,000 kinds of teaching materials), shops (Shop Encarta), today's highlights (the day), guides (columns), quizzes (quizzes), lists (many of them are 65,
If you click on the homework link, the links on the left side of the page include science, social studies, language arts, history, art and leisure, mathematics, geography, research and teaching materials. Links in the middle of the page include:
-American middle school directory information. You can find important information about 108000 Middle School.
-Five ways to improve writing ability
-Homework Network Directory
-Quick Math, a math homework website praised by Encarta. The content includes algebra, drawing, calculus, scientific counting and so on.
-How to improve your grades
-How to reduce the stress of homework?
-What if the burden is too heavy?
-How to improve work efficiency?
The homepage of Encarta website has the function of tourism planning. For example, there is a tourist destination this week, which is Boston. Show Boston's city appearance, city map, scenic spots and small pictures of open parks, a brief introduction to Boston. Includes detailed information of Boston, brief introduction of Massachusetts, introduction of New England, packing preparation, cheap transportation to Boston, cheap food in Boston and other links. Each link contains rich content. Take baggage preparation as an example. The exported page is assisted by the eHow website. Also called high-tech connector. Tell travelers what clothes to bring according to the climate and month. Content can be downloaded to PDA. This helps to adjust the time zone and avoid line overload. Including travel and shopping, thinking very carefully, including luggage and luggage locks, Ningyuan map.
The travel homepage also includes links to travel tools, such as booking air tickets, booking hotels, renting cars, finding street maps, travel news, short and medium-term weather forecasts and using satellite travel. Language learning materials, travel courses and supplies, books and toys can be purchased from travel operators. You can get many useful suggestions from the links of travel consultants. Language help links include free French courses, free Spanish courses and translation dictionaries.
You can enter any tourist destination and mainland map. The information links retrieved after entering Beijing include introduction, Beijing and its urban areas, economy, population, education and culture, interesting scenic spots, history, commerce and economy, the establishment of Beijing as the capital of China, Beijing's exploration, the Forbidden City, the Grand Canal, history and areas related to Beijing.
There is a mysterious picture link on the homepage of the website. The so-called mystery is actually the technology, history and products related to computer science (*** 15. The first one is connector CM-5, which is a massively parallel processor. It consists of thousands of processing units similar to the CPU of a personal computer. Connect together and perform operations at the same time. With the ability to perform one billion floating-point operations per second, Tumen Map.
The second one is Cray-2. Cray-2 is a supercomputer launched by Cray Research Company in 1985, which was launched nine years after the first model Cray- 1 was launched. Its main purpose is to perform mathematical operations on extremely complex problems, such as voice analysis, weather forecast, physical and chemical basic problems, etc.
The third is the computer-aided design of automobiles. It is an example of computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM). The streamline in the figure simulates the pressure of the wind. The dark yellow in front represents low pressure, and the blue represents high pressure.
The fourth is the block diagram of the computer, which is provided by Microsoft. A computer consists of a central processing unit (CPU), input devices, storage devices and output devices. How to choose books to read? CPU consists of arithmetic/logic unit, register, control part and internal bus. The arithmetic/logic unit performs arithmetic and logical operations. Registers store data and track operations. The control unit regulates and controls various operations. The internal bus connects various components of CPU and external components of the system. The main input devices of most computers are keyboard, mouse and recording system. Storage devices include floppy disks, hard disks (fixed and removable), optical disks and memory chips. Output devices include monitors, various types of printers, speakers, CD recorders, etc. All kinds of devices in communication system have input and output functions.
Mysterious pictures contain dynamic content and are frequently updated.
Encarta is indeed a very useful query tool. It contains more information than any published encyclopedia. You can give an example used by the author himself. Write an article about fractal, hoping to inquire about Mandlbrot, the founder scientist of fractal geometry. There are no ready-made documents and books at hand. After entering Mandlbrot in the Encarta query box, you can select various information links about Mandlbrot from the list box above, and there are links about the research results of fractal geometry below. The query results are very accurate and the information is very rich.
Microsoft's Encarta website is a pioneering work. It links the rich scientific and cultural knowledge of the encyclopedia with the living social reality, making it closer to the public and becoming an effective tool in their hands. Let the encyclopedia go down from the library temple to the world. Make it a treasure house of knowledge to improve the quality of teachers, students, parents and all the people. Its influence transcends American borders and goes to the world. It has the characteristics of spiritual culture in the information society. It is also different from Encarta CD series. They can be integrated. More importantly, it is no longer a static book. Because it can be modified and updated at any time. It contains all kinds of reference websites, so that its knowledge extends to a vast network space. We can say, "The encyclopedia website is good!" Microsoft's Encarta website has opened a new era of encyclopedias!