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About the Dictionaries

Word++ makes use of freely accessible dictionaries available on the World Wide Web. We strive to choose dictionaries that are best suited for quickly understanding the various meanings of words,often with examples in context.

If you find our choice of dictionaries rather esoteric, then write us! Tell us where to find high-quality online dictionaries in your favorite language or subject areas. We would also appreciate any input regarding bugs, strange behavior, or suggestions for improvment.

Here's a little something about the dictionaries:

WordNet®: one of the most practical electronic English language dictionaries, available online as well as for download. Developed by the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory at Princeton University. We used a downloaded copy as our Basic Englishdictionary, as well as a substitute when a word is not found in a subject-specific dictionary. WordNet 1.6 Copyright © 1997 by Princeton University.All rights reseved.
Langenscheidt'sNew College English Dictionary: an excellent online dictionary forGerman and Spanish, available for purchase as well. The Langenscheidt isa well-known series of foreign-language print dictionaries. Used as ourEnglish-German and English-Spanish dictionary. © 1997 GMS; send comments and questions to info@gmsmuc.de
MTASZTAKI English-Hungarian Dictionary: this dictionary is maintained by Attila Vonyó and LászlóDrótos. Recently it contains nearly 131,500 records. Features a collaborative extension dictionary, composed of public input. The project is supported by the HungarianFree Software Foundation (Szabad Szoftver Alapítvány-- SSA).
English-CzechDictionary: the authors of this dictionary are Ondrej Vrtel & MartinVit. The home page has information about the dictionary, but it is allin Czech, so I can't tell you about it :-)
The On-lineMedical Dictionary: OMD is a searchable dictionary created by DrGraham Dark and contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology,chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology,science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions,standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything todo with medicine or science. Copyright © Academic Medical Publishing& Cancer WEB 1997-98.
Free On-lineDictionary of Computing: FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms,jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems,networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing. This dictionary is Copyright © Denis Howe 1993,1998.