Web dictionaries


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On the Web you can find definitions for every conceivable word, from the technically arcane to the slangishly bizarre. You can even learn their translations in almost any language. Here's a list of resources:
Free Online Dictionary of Computing (http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/)
The Hacker's Dictionary (gopher://gopher.slu.se/7waissrc%3a/wais-dbs/computers-and-software/gloss-and-dicts/jargon)
The Internet Language Dictionary (http://www.netlingo.com/)
The List of Dictionaries (http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/HTML/Dictionaries_noframes.html): Pointers to many foreign language and technical dictionaries.
The Online Dictionaries (http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction.html): Pointers to over 60 foreign language dictionaries, including Urdu, Chechen, Tibetan and Russian sign language.
Roget's Thesaurus (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html)
MacquarieNet Lonline Library (http://www.dict.mq.edu.au/): A subscription-based service for individuals, schools and businesses.
Webster's Dictionary (http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster)
- Judy Heim

Category: Internet
Issue: Mar 1997
Pages: 193

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