Yes you read it right now you can download Wikipedia and search 4.4 million articles offline. No doubt its the number one online information system which is being used by millions of people across the globe on a daily basis. But the biggest hurdle in order to use it was that you need internet connectivity all the time in order to access it. Although internet has grown very much now a days with faster speeds and 24 hours unlimited connectivity but still you may need it in schools where internet is not available or in remote areas. The app will download the latest english version of Wikipedia with over 660+ wikis on your computer hard-drive.
How to Download Wikipedia
You need to use free open source XOWA application in order to download it on your computer. This application is just like torrent program which will download Wikipedia files while remain behind the scene so that you can do your normal work. Surly it will take days to download with your internet speed because its size is more than 100GB so you need to be patient. Also you need more than 120 GB free disk space on your computer in order to store 13.9+ million pages and 3.7+ million thumbnails. Also you need some latest generation processor in order to process the files as it will take at-least 5 hours of processing time on a faster computer.
Wikipedia in a Single CD
An Argentinian group has shrink the full contents of Spanish Wikipedia on a single CD(700MB in size) which you can download from the link mention below.
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