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encyclopedic references

the world factbook (cia) https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ world encyclopedia.
databank (starwars.com) https://www.starwars.com/databank star wars information repository.
wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page encyclopedia (english).

krebs on security https://krebsonsecurity.com/ blog of brian krebs, an information security researcher.
threat research (sophos news) https://news.sophos.com/en-us/category/serious-security/ "the latest intelligence and analysis from sophos x-ops threat experts."
security news (the register) https://www.theregister.com/security/ information security news repository for the register, an online information technology news outlet.

common vulnerabilities and exposures (mitre) https://cve.mitre.org/ common vulnerabilities and exposures information repository.
internet storm center (sans) https://isc.sans.edu/

"a global cooperative cyber threat / internet security monitor and alert system."
ipvoid https://www.ipvoid.com/ ip address search across multiple popular reputation engines and blacklists.
security bulletins (microsoft) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/securitybulletins microsoft security bulletin information repository.
national vulnerability database (nist) https://nvd.nist.gov/ information security information repository.
snort rule doc search (cisco) https://snort.org/rule-docs snort rule documentation search, by signature id (sid), common vulnerabilities and exposures (cve), or generic text.
urlscan.io https://urlscan.io/ comprehensive website security analyzer.
cybersecurity alerts & advisories (cisa) https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories cybersecurity alerts and cybersecurity advisories from the cybersecurity & infrastructure security agency.
virustotal https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload both search and scan through multiple popular malware detection engines.

rfc search https://www.rfc-editor.org/search/rfc_search.php ietf rfc repository.
world wide web consortium https://www.w3.org/

world wide web standards.

karl e. peterson's classic vb code https://classicvb.net/ both sample code examples and references for visual basic.
technical documentation (microsoft learn) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ "search for in-depth articles on microsoft developer tools and technologies."
php manual https://www.php.net/manual/en/

manual for php (english).
ss64 https://ss64.com/ command line reference for: windows; powershell; vbscript; bash; osx; oracle; sql server.
vbnet http://vbnet.mvps.org/ both sample code examples and references for visual basic.
w3schools https://www.w3schools.com/ tutorials, sample code examples, and references for: html; xhtml; css; javascript; xml; xsl; asp; sql; ado; vbscript.

demographia http://www.demographia.com/ world demographic data.
dictionary.com https://www.dictionary.com/ english dictionary.
skydb https://www.skydb.net/

world (skyscraper) building data.
legal information institute (cornell law school) https://www.law.cornell.edu/ united states law repository.
lego digital building instructions (lego) https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstructions/search building instructions repository for lego sets (english).
the numbers https://www.the-numbers.com/ movie data and news.
world of stadiums https://worldofstadiums.com/ world stadium data.

eztv https://eztvx.to/home torrent repository for both united states and united kingdom tv shows and documentaries with news, schedules, and other associated information.
the pirate bay https://thepiratebay.org/index.html

torrent repository for various digital media with advanced search features. (e.g. software; music; movies.)

software

just great software https://www.just-great-software.com/

jan goyvaerts' (creator of editpad lite ) software.
nirsoft http://www.nirsoft.net/ nir sofer's free windows utilities.
winscp https://winscp.net/eng/index.php free ftp, sftp, and scp client for windows.
allbootdisks.com https://www.allbootdisks.com/ boot disk files/images from ms-dos 3.3 to windows xp professional service pack 1.