o entertain and teach fundamentals of
linguistics. The Linguistic Fun page will become an online journal for
short, interesting, yes, even entertaining, pieces on language that are
based on sound linguistics by experts from all over the world."

How about the future of the web? "The web will be an encyclopedia of
the world by the world for the world. There will be no information or
knowledge that anyone needs that will not be available. The major
hindrance to international and interpersonal understanding, personal
and institutional enhancement, will be removed. It would take a wilder
imagination than mine to predict the effect of this development on the
nature of humankind."

= Terminological databases

Some terminological databases are run by international organizations in
their own field of expertise, with free online versions, for example
ILOTERM maintained by the International Labor Organization (ILO),
TERMITE (ITU Telecommunication Terminology Database) maintained by the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), WHOTERM (WHO Terminology
Information System) maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO),
and Eurodicautom maintained by the European Commission.

ILOTERM is a quadrilingual (English, French, German, Spanish)
terminology database maintained by the Terminology and Reference Unit
of the Official Documentation Branch (OFFDOC) at the International
Labor Office (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. As explained on its website,
ILOTERM's primary purpose is to provide solutions, reflecting current
usage, to terminological problems in the social and labor fields. Terms
are entered in English with their French, Spanish and German
equivalents. The database also includes records for the ILO structure
and programs, official names of international institutions, national
bodies and employers' and workers' organizations, and titles of
international meetings.

TERMITE (which stands for: Telecommunication Terminology Database) is
maintained by the Terminology, References and Computer Aids to
Translation Section of the Conference Department at the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a
quadrilingual (English, French, Spanish, Russian) terminological
database built on the content of all ITU printed glossaries since 1980,
and updated with recent entries.

WHOTERM (which stands for: WHO Terminology Information System) is
maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva,