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Encyclopedia > World of Spectrum
World of Spectrum
URL http://www.worldofspectrum.org/
Commercial? No
Type of site Retrocomputing
Registration No
Owner Martin van der Heide
Created by Martin van der Heide
Launched 1995
Current status Active

World of Spectrum is a website devoted to cataloging and archiving material for the ZX Spectrum home computer pupular in the 1980s. The site contains an extensive database of information about games, utilities, books, hardware, etc. From the FAQ: "The WoS is the world's biggest and most popular archive of Spectrum related material." As of October 2006, that catalog includes almost 15,000 unique entries. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a technical, Web-related term used in two distinct meanings: in popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)—many popular and technical texts will use the term URL when referring to URI; in strict technical usage, it is a subset... The Apple II is one of the most collected computers in the world, and is popular amongst hobbyists. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... The ZX Spectrum is a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... TRS-80 Color Computer II The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ... The term database originated within the computer industry. ... October 2006 is the tenth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...


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