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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