From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 25 07:30:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA27899 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:30:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from newport-1-12.quick.net (josh@newport-1-12.quick.net [207.212.160.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA27850 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:29:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from josh@newport-1-12.quick.net) Received: (from josh@localhost) by newport-1-12.quick.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA29923; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:29:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from josh) Message-ID: <19980425072936.A29646@newport-1-12.quick.net> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:29:36 -0700 From: Josh Gilliam To: gsutter@pobox.com, Dave Hummel Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dictionary/word-a-day program References: <01IW92ULFHXY9M4GCD@BUFFALOSTATE.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.92.3 In-Reply-To: X-Editor: nvi 1.79 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 X-IRC: soil Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> Does a definition-giving dictionary or word-a-day >> program exist for UNIX? How about text files that >> have words and definitions that could be used as a >> basis for such programs? > > Webster is a definition-giving dictionary. I'm afraid I > don't remember where to find it, though. Public webster servers, if there are any, are hard to find. There is an rfc2229 (dictionary server protocol) client in the FreeBSD ports collection under net/dict with working default server. -- Josh Gilliam 5333 E Los Arboles Ave 1 714 633 6499 Orange CA 92869-4216 USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message