Britannica Online brings full Olympics database to the Internet.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1996--The entire Olympics Olympics Sports medicine An international competition among (traditionally) nonprofessional athletes trained in a particular summer or winter sport, which is held every 4 yrs in a selected city. See Paralympics, Special Olympics, World Medical Games. database of Encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books Britannica, including in-depth histories of the modern and ancient games, biographies of athletes and officials, and a searchable listing of all records and medal winners, is now available free-of-charge on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Computer users can access this comprehensive Olympics resource beginning today from the Britannica Online home page, located at http://sports.eb.com. The Olympics database, known as Olympiad, includes four principal components: -- The Games, articles about the history of the games and specific Olympic years, including Britannica's master entry by gold medalist Harold Abrahams, the British Olympian whose story was told in the movie Chariots of Fire; -- The Record, a queryable database of all Olympic medal results; -- The Athletes, biographies of more than 150 prominent medalists and competitors; and -- The Events, articles on the respective sports included in the Olympics. Links to a number of related Olympics web sites are also included. "As Olympics fever grows around the country and around the world, Britannica Online is providing sports fans and scholars the most comprehensive, easy-to-use database of historical information available," said Patricia Ginnis, director of electronic marketing. "No other reference source for the Games combines Encyclopedia Britannica's depth and reliability with the most powerful tools of the digital age." Olympiad incorporates the hallmark hallmark, mark impressed on silverwork or goldwork to signify official approval of the standard of purity of the metal, also called plate mark. The hallmark was introduced by statute in England in 1300 and enforced by the Goldsmiths' Hall, London. features of the award-winning Internet version of Encyclopedia Britannica. Research is made easy by Britannica Online's proprietary natural-language search function, which allows users to find in-depth historical information about the Games by asking ordinary questions. For example, the question, "Who designed the Olympic flag?" provides a list of articles ranked in order of relevance; those most likely to contain the answer appear at the head of the list. (In this case, several articles on the role Baron baron Title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a viscount or a count (in countries without viscounts). The wife of a baron is a baroness. Originally, in the early Middle Ages, the term designated a tenant of whatever rank who held a tenure of barony Pierre de Coubertin Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (January 1, 1863 – September 2, 1937) was a French pedagogue and historian best known for founding the International Olympic Committee. played in reviving re·vive v. re·vived, re·viv·ing, re·vives v.tr. 1. To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate. 2. To impart new health, vigor, or spirit to. 3. the modern Olympics are cited.) Olympiad will be available free-of-charge through August 31, 1996. The full Britannica Online service is available for an annual subscription price of $150 or a monthly rate of $14.95. CONTACT: Staci Strauss Connors Communications 212-807-7500 staci@connors.com |
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