Iprojekthi Gutenberg
IProjekthi i-Gutenberg (PG) yinzame yokuvolontiya yokufaka idijithali kunye nokugcina imisebenzi yenkcubeko, “ukukhuthaza ukuyilwa nokusasazwa kwee-eBooks”. Yasekwa ngo-1971 ngumbhali waseMelika uMichael S. Hart kwaye lelona thala leencwadi lakudala ledijithali. Uninzi lwezinto ezikuqokelelo lwayo zizicatshulwa ezipheleleyo zeencwadi zoluntu. IProjekthi izama ukwenza ezi zibe simahla kangangoko, kwiifomati ezihlala ixesha elide, ezivulekileyo ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe phantse kuyo nayiphi na ikhompyuter. Ukusukela ngomhla wama-23 kuJuni 2018, iProjekthi Gutenberg ifikelele kwizinto ezingama-57,000 ekuqokeleleni ii-eBooks zasimahla. Ukukhutshwa kufumaneka kwisicatshulwa esicacileyo kodwa, naphi na apho kunokwenzeka, ezinye iifomati zibandakanyiwe, ezifana ne-HTML, PDF, EPUB, MOBI, kunye nePlucker. Uninzi olukhutshwayo lungolwimi lwesiNgesi, kodwa imisebenzi emininzi engeyiyo eyesiNgesi iyafumaneka. Kukho iiprojekthi ezininzi ezinxulumeneyo ezibonelela ngomxholo owongezelelweyo, kubandakanywa imisebenzi yengingqi kunye nolwimi oluthile. IProjekthi i-Gutenberg ikwadityaniswe ngokusondeleyo ne-Distributed Proofreaders, uluntu olusekwe kwi-Intanethi lokuhlola izicatshulwa eziskeniweyo.
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