discuss: Request for information
Subject:
Re: Request for information
From:
"s. keeling" ####@####.####
Date:
26 Feb 2004 19:00:39 -0000
Message-Id: <20040226185442.GC5283@infidel.spots.ab.ca>
Incoming from Dave Kelly:
>
> What I am searching for. Some time back someone compiled a
> dictionary/glossery of computer/linux terms. I need to doweload that to
> this computer for references.
You could also look into the "dict" package. On debian I find:
(0) keeling /home/keeling_ dpkg -l | grep dict
ii amaya-dict-en 2.4a-1 English dictionary for Amaya
ii aspell-en 0.33.7.1-5 English dictionary for aspell
ii dict 1.5.5-10 Dictionary Client
ii dict-elements 20001107-a-1 Data regarding the Elements
ii dict-foldoc 20020209-1 FOLDOC Dictionary Database
ii dict-gazetteer 1.3-1 U.S. Gazetteer
ii dict-gcide 0.44-2 A Comprehensive English Dictionary
ii dict-jargon 4.3.0-1 Jargon File 4.3.0
ii dict-vera 1.8-4 V.E.R.A. - A Dictionary of Computer Related
ii dict-wn 1.7-1 WordNet v1.7
ii dictd 1.5.5-10 Dictionary Server
ii iamerican 3.1.20-21.1 An American English dictionary for ispell.
ii wenglish 2.0-2 English dictionary words for /usr/share/dict
... among others. So, "dict hacker" checks:
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44
[gcide]:
From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (09 FEB 02) [foldoc]:
From Jargon File (4.3.0, 30 APR 2001) [jargon]:
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Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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