| dict | Dictionary Client | Mehr ... |
dict is the client that queries the dictd server. Since it is TCP
based, it can access servers on the local host, on a local network,
or on the Internet.
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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, but this may be
changed in the configuration file /etc/dictd/dict.conf.
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Queries may be customized by numerous command line options, including
specifying the database(s) to be queried and the search strategy to
be used.
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dict includes dictl, which simplifies using utf-8 encoded dictionaries
with terminals that do not support utf-8. |
| dictd | Dictionary Server | Mehr ... |
dictd is a TCP based server that allows a client to access dictionary
definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases.
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Many dictionary databases have been packaged for Debian. They are
discussed in more detail in the file
/usr/share/doc/dictd/README.Debian.gz
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Either dict-gcide or dict-wn is essential for a useful English
language dictionary server. It is strongly recommended that both be
installed. If you are interested in computer terminology, it is
recommended that one or more of dict-jargon, dict-foldoc, and
dict-vera also be installed.
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The client program, dict, is packaged in dict*.deb If you are
running a server, you will want the client for all machines in your
network, and for testing server operations. |
| dictfmt | Utility to format a file for use by the dictd server | Mehr ... |
| dictzip | Compression utility for dictionary databases | Mehr ... |
