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An encyclopedia or encyclopaedia (also spelled encyclopædia , see spelling differences) is a type of reference work or compendium holding a comprehensive summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries, which are usually arranged alphabetically by article name. Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries. Generally speaking, unlike dictionary entries which focus on linguistic information about words, encyclopedia articles focus on factual information concerning the subject for which the article is named. Encyclopedias have existed for around 2,000 years; the oldest still in existence, Naturalis Historia , was written starting in ca. AD 77 by Pliny the Elder and was not fully revised...