@incollection{HeroldMeyerWiegand2024, author = {Herold, Axel and Meyer, Peter and Wiegand, Frank}, title = {The technological context for internet lexicography}, booktitle = {Internet lexicography. An introduction}, editor = {Klosa-K{\"u}ckelhaus, Annette}, isbn = {978-3-11-123375-8}, issn = {0175-9264}, doi = {10.1515/9783111233758-002}, series = {Lexicographica : series maior}, number = {164}, publisher = {Leibniz-Institut f{\"u}r Deutsche Sprache (IDS)}, pages = {5 -- 29}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Computer technology is becoming ever smaller and cheaper, both to acquire and operate, and its processing and storage performance is increasing exponentially. This is one of the technological requirements for making dictionaries available online, but so too is the infrastructure of the Internet, which makes it possible to exchange information and data simply and reliably between billions of interconnected computers. This chapter is devoted to the fundamental technological preconditions for present-day Internet lexicography. First, we outline what actually happens "behind" the user interfaces that are visible on the screen when a user accesses a dictionary online and how these processes can be recorded in log data for the purposes of documenting them. Second, we discuss how the identity and long-term availability of content can be maintained in view of the possibility of online material being constantly updated.}, subject = {Internet}, language = {en} }