dict
dict is a client for the Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT), a
TCP transaction based query/response protocol that provides access to
dictionary definitions from a set of natural language dictionary
databases.
The DICT Development Group maintains several public servers
which can
be accessed from any machine connected to the Internet. The default
configuration is to query one of these servers first.
Queries may be customized by numerous command line options, including
specifying the database(s) to be queried and the search strategy to
be used.
There are also a large number of DICT clients that have a
graphical user interface.
dict 1.11.2
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Price
Free to download
Size
0.7MB
License
GNU GPL v2
Developer
Rik Faith
Website
www.dict.org
System Requirements
libmaa2
librecode0
recode
zlib
regez
libmaa
Support
Sites:
FreeDict,
Mailing
Lists, Databases,
Servers
Selected
Reviews:
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Features include:
- Access the following Dictionaries of English:
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Oxford Advanced Learners' dictionary
- Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
- V.E.R.A. — Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms which are
used in the field of computing
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- WordNet
- Jargon File
- The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
- Elements database
- The U.S. Gazetteer (1990 Census)
- CIA World Factbook
- Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Moby Thesaurus
- Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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Last Updated Saturday, May 26 2012 @ 06:37 AM EDT
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