The technological context for internet lexicography
- 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.
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| Author: | Axel HeroldORCiD, Peter MeyerORCiDGND, Frank WiegandORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-128760 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111233758-002 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-123375-8 |
| ISSN: | 0175-9264 |
| Parent Title (English): | Internet lexicography. An introduction |
| Series (Serial Number): | Lexicographica : series maior (164) |
| Publisher: | de Gruyter |
| Place of publication: | Berlin/Boston |
| Editor: | Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2024 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/10/23 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) |
| Publicationstate: | Veröffentlichungsversion |
| Reviewstate: | (Verlags)-Lektorat |
| Tag: | computer technology; internet lexicography; lexical information system; log data |
| GND Keyword: | Internet; Lexikografie; Online-Wörterbuch; Technik; Wörterbuch |
| First Page: | 5 |
| Last Page: | 29 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Lexikografie |
| Program areas: | Lexik |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International |