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* StarDict.

stardic - an English-Chinese dictionary software for Unix

stardic-gtk

stardic-gnome

See

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/sdcv/

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardict

** sdcv.

sdcv is the command line version of StarDict.

If set STARDICT_DATA_DIR, sdcv uses dir $STARDICT_DATA_DIR/dic as data directory.

See

  http://sdcv.sourceforge.net/

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdcv

* GoldenDict.

  http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenDict

* dict

CLI client to dictd.

* qstardict

International dictionary written using Qt4.

* fantasdic - dictionary application

* kdict

Dictionary client for KDE.

* opendict

Computer dictionary for several dictionary formats.

* Format.

** Clear text.

*** dicML.

dicML is an XML-based markup language currently being developed to describe

the contents of dictionaries.

  http://gml.gidoo.de/eng/index.html

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DicML

*** XDXF.

XDXF (XML Dictionary eXchange Format) is a project to unite all existing open

dictionaries and provide both users and developers with universal XML-based

format, convertible from and to other popular formats like Mova, PtkDic,

StarDict.

  http://xdxf.revdanica.com/

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XDXF

** Binary.

*** DICT.

DICT is a dictionary network protocol created by the DICT Development Group.

It is described by RFC 2229. Its goal is to surpass the Webster protocol and

to allow clients to access more dictionaries during use. Dict servers and

clients use TCP port 2628.

  http://www.dict.org

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICT

** Network.

*** DICT

Dict servers and clients use TCP port 2628.

See

  http://www.dict.org/

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2229

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICT