Welcome To Ask Vino, Your Truly Open Directory Of The Web

Progress: At this time, we've completed most of the categories. We've also finished some exciting performance upgrades. You can see some other categories below that we will be adding soon.... Development Plans

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Arts... The Arts category contains English language sites about art, or "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others." This includes the "liberal arts," concerned with skill of expression in language, speech, and reasoning, and the "fine arts," concerned with affecting aesthetics directly, and especially affecting the sense of beauty. (Quotes and paraphrases from Britannica.com)

• Movies * Classical Studies * Animation * Performing Arts * Photography * Crafts * Music * Writers Resources * Magazines and E-zines * Illustration * Visual Arts * Design * Literature * Comics * Television * Architecture * Art History * Education * Organizations * Online Writing * Radio * Directories * Periods and Movements * Costumes * Chats and Forums * Genres * Bodyart * Video * Regional * Entertainment * Awards * Humanities * Graphic Design * Digital * Events * News and Media * Weblogs * People * Cultures and Groups

• Video Games * RPGs * Gambling * Developers and Publishers * Roleplaying * Board Games * Card Games * Game Studies * Dice * Game Resources * Play-By-Mail * Tile Games * Hand Games * Puzzles * Miniatures * Hand-Eye Coordination * Play Groups * Yard, Deck, and Table Games * Party Games * Coin-Op * Conventions * Paper and Pencil * Online * Trading Card Games * History

Shopping... Shopping contains sites of which the primary focus is to allow the consumer to select and obtain goods and services over the Web.

• Directories * Niche * Toys and Games * Ethnic and Regional * Home and Garden * Recreation * General Merchandise * Consumer Electronics * Publications * Gifts * Pets * Photography * Vehicles * Visual Arts * Flowers * Health * Antiques and Collectibles * Food * Entertainment * Jewelry * Sports * Auctions * Music * Crafts * Classifieds * Tools * Weddings * Office Products * Tobacco * Clothing * By Region * Children * Death Care * Travel * Holidays

• Technology
• Structural Engineering * Television * Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration * Materials * Cryotechnology * Reliability Engineering * Biomedical Engineering * Energy * Industrial Engineering * Organizations * Food Science * Metrology * Manufacturing * Welding * Academia * Cybernetics * Publications * Mining * Nanotechnology * Sanitary Engineering * Pyrotechnics * Directories * Lighting * Mechanical Engineering * Metallurgy * Civil Engineering * Engineering * Electronics * Conferences and Events * Aerospace * Education * Invention and Innovation * Quality Engineering * Software for Engineering * Military Science * Professional Exams * Chemical Engineering * Space * Electrical Engineering * Safety Engineering * Computational Engineering * Transportation * Automotive Engineering * News and Media
• Instruments and Supplies * Social Sciences * Science in Society * Agriculture * Physics
• Biology
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology * Cryobiology * Evolution * Immunology * Zoology * Institutions of Biology * Ecology * Botany * Biology Education * Physiology * Biomechanics * Microbiology * Genetics * Developmental Biology * Toxicology * Bioinformatics * Flora and Fauna * Theoretical Biology * Mycology * Biophysics * Biology Publications * Biology Software * Cell Biology * Biology Associations * Sociobiology * Methods and Techniques * Ethics * Biology Directories * History of Biology * Histology * Biology Meetings * Biology Reference * Taxonomy * Neurobiology * Biotechnology * Biology News and Media * Biological Products and Services
• Psychology * Math * Earth Sciences * Science Institutions * Science Reference * Astronomy * Chemistry * Anomalies and Alternative Science * Science Directories * Science Software * Science Publications * Educational Science Resources * Science Employment * Science Conferences * Scientific Methods and Techniques * Environment * Chats and Science Forums * Science News and Media * Science Search Engines

• Jobs
• Real Estate
• Investing
• Marketing and Advertising
• Branding * Strategic * Employment * Public Relations * Telemarketing * Education and Training * Advertising * By Region * Marketing Support Services * Salesmanship * Micromarketing * By Industry * Consulting * Direct Marketing * Internet Marketing * Relationship Marketing * Market Research * Associations * By Age Group * By Ethnic or Cultural Focus * News and Media * Conferences
• Construction and Maintenance * Food and Related Products * Consumer Goods and Services * Wholesale Trade * Arts and Entertainment * Education and Training * Electronics and Electrical * Opportunities
• Business Services
• Communications * Fire and Security * Auctions * Quality Control and Tracking * Signage * Office Services * AudioVisual * Education and Training * Government * Supplies and Equipment * Consulting * Physical Asset Management * Customer Management * Outsourcing * Corporate Relocation * Design * Event Planning and Production * Technical Assistance Programs * Chemicals * Accounting * Customer Service * Publishing and Printing * Textiles and Nonwovens
• Financial Services
• Medical Billing * Credit and Collection * Venture Capital * Financial Planning * Mortgages * News and Media * Banking Services * Cash Flow * Investment Banks * Financial Consultants * Employment * Leasing Services * Investment Services * Directories * Computer Financing * College Financing * Marketing and Advertising * Freelancer-Contractor Services * Automobile Buying and Financing * Merchant Services * Commercial Lending * Payroll Services * Loans * Associations * Offshore Services * World War II Dormant Accounts * Insurance * Cooperatives * Surety Bonds * Field Service Companies * Information Services * Outsourcing * By Region * Education and Training * Holding Companies * Appraisal and Valuation * Conferences
• Industrial Goods and Services * Employment * Retail Trade * Cooperatives * Small Business * Telecommunications * Information Technology * Healthcare * Energy and Environment * Automotive * Investing * Management * Transportation and Logistics * Aerospace and Defense * Agriculture and Forestry * Business Resources * E-Commerce * International Business and Trade * Human Resources * Regional Business * Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals * Business and Society * Major Companies * Mining and Drilling * Hospitality * Materials * Business News and Media * Business Directories * Bussiness Associations * Information Services

Categories To Be Finished:

• Internet
• Software
• Hardware
• Artificial Intelligence
• People * Creativity * Applications * Vision * Companies * Machine Learning * Qualitative Physics * Genetic Programming * Agents * Publications * Conferences and Events * Belief Networks * Programming Languages * Associations * Academic Departments * Distributed Projects * Philosophy * Neural Networks * Natural Language * Games * Fuzzy * Support Vector Machines
• Home Automation * Organizations * Robotics
• Programming
• Programming Languages
• Assembly * Dylan * Python * Visual * Java * C-sharp * BASIC * Visual Basic * Algol 68 * Lisp * Pascal * Rexx * C * Clarion * Clipper * Cobol * Eiffel * Forth * Smalltalk * Fortran * Perl * IDL * Prolog * SETL * RPG * Education * Oz * Constraint * Leda * ML * Haskell * Visual DialogScript * SAS * Modula-3 * Frontier * Sather * Obliq * Pliant * TOM * Blue * Oberon * YAFL * CLU * Synchronous * Off-side Rule * Bigwig * Ada * APL * Awk * Rigal * Transcript * Regular Expressions * PL * Wirth * POP-11 * ADL * Cecil * Intercal * Icon * Simula * Snobol * Mercury * Occam * Algol 60 * m4 * Jovial * Modula-2 * Cocoa * BETA * Proteus * Lua * Euphoria * REBOL * Erlang * Pike * ICI * Declarative Programming Languages * Turing * Functional * Interpreted * Specification * Dataflow * Database * Comparison and Review * Concurrent * D * Water * Procedural Programming Languages * PHP * DATABUS * Fortress * Data Structured * Curly Bracket * JavaScript * Delphi * Tcl-Tk * Objective-C * Yorick * S-Lang * Open Source * Goedel * Object-Oriented * CHILL * Prograph * SQL * Refal * Directories * Multiparadigm * Miva * E * Curl * Language-OS Hybrids * Visual FoxPro * Miranda * PL-SQL * ElastiC * TRAC * Compiled * LabVIEW * Limbo * Ruby * CobolScript * Garbage Collected * Moto * Clean * Befunge * FP * Logic-based * Z * Obfuscated * Mumps * Interface * Reflective * Sisal * Scripting * Tempo * ABC * T3X * Brainfuck * Io * Simkin
• Performance and Capacity * Multimedia
• Software
• Desktop Customization * Retailers * Industry-Specific * Graphics * Freeware * Shareware * Internet * Operating Systems * Marketing * Fonts * Databases * Editors * Word Processors * Educational * Information Retrieval * Year 2000 * Backup * Typesetting * Configuration Management * Beta Releases * Software Engineering * Spreadsheets * Presentation * Communications * Licensing * Accounting * Online Training * Build Management * Document Management * Device Drivers * Data Administration * Office Suites * Search Engines * Help Desk * Conferences and Trade Shows * Project Management * Abandonware * Workflow * Networking * Consultants * Intranet * Globalization * Rentable * Manufacturing * Data Compression * Master Data Management * Business Drawing * Disk Management * Human Resources * [Diagnostics]Create? * [ERP]Create? * [Document Imaging]Create? * [Groupware]Create? * File Management * Business * Bar Code * System Management * History * News and Media * Enterprise Information Integration * Enterprise Application Integration
• Virtual Reality * Data Formats * Emulators * Bulletin Board Systems * Internet * Security * Systems * Graphics * Data Communications * Desktop Publishing * Parallel Computing * Algorithms * Consultants * Ethics * Supercomputing * Usenet * Computer Science * Speech Technology * E-Books * Intranet * Shopping * Education * History
• Artificial Life
• Particle Swarm * Art * Iterated Prisoner Dilemma * Biomimicry * People * Agents * Companies * Lindenmayer Systems * Artificial Worlds * Software * Conferences * Cellular Automata * Distributed Projects * Publications * Ant Colony Optimization * Research Groups
• Companies * Directories * CAD and CAM

• Fitness
• Medicine
• Alternative

• Family
• Consumer Information
• Cooking

• [Arts]Create?
• [School Time]Create?
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• Media
• Newspapers
• Weather

• [Travel]Create?
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• [Humor]Create?

• [Maps]Create?
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• United States
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• People
• Religion
• Issues

• Baseball
• Soccer
• Basketball

Ask Vino was initially based on the Open Directory Project database of September, 2006.