<s>
DICT	B-Library
is	O
a	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
network	O
protocol	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
DICT	B-Library
Development	O
Group	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
described	O
by	O
RFC	O
2229	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
surpass	O
the	O
Webster	O
protocol	O
to	O
allow	O
clients	O
to	O
access	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
via	O
a	O
uniform	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
section	O
3.2	O
of	O
the	O
DICT	B-Library
protocol	O
RFC	O
,	O
queries	O
and	O
definitions	O
are	O
sent	O
in	O
clear-text	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
encryption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DICT	B-Library
servers	O
and	O
clients	O
use	O
TCP	O
port	O
2628	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
repository	O
of	O
source	O
files	O
for	O
the	O
DICT	B-Library
Development	O
group	O
's	O
dict	B-Library
protocol	O
server	O
(	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
sample	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
available	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freedict	O
provides	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
over	O
85	O
translating	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
XML	O
source	O
files	O
with	O
the	O
data	O
,	O
mostly	O
accompanied	O
by	O
databases	O
generated	O
from	O
the	O
XML	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
format	O
used	O
by	O
DICT	B-Library
servers	O
and	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
dictd	O
server	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
from	O
Telnet	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
DICT	B-Library
server	O
on	O
localhost	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
system	I-Application
one	O
can	O
normally	O
type	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
dictd	O
package	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
"	O
dict	B-Library
"	O
command	O
for	O
command-line	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
sophisticated	O
DICT	B-Library
clients	I-Library
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
dictc	O
(	O
DICT	B-Library
Client	I-Library
)	O
client	O
for	O
Windows	O
written	O
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
application	O
included	O
with	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
Online	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
setting	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
helper	O
for	O
'	O
dict://	O
'	O
URI	O
schemes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
programs	O
that	O
read	O
the	O
DICT	B-Library
file	O
format	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
S60Dict	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
program	O
for	O
Symbian	O
Series	O
60	O
that	O
uses	O
DICT	B-Library
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
some	O
DICT	B-Library
clients	I-Library
,	O
such	O
as	O
Fantasdic	O
,	O
are	O
also	O
capable	O
of	O
reading	O
the	O
DICT	B-Library
format	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
dictd	O
server	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
DICT	B-Library
Development	O
Group	O
uses	O
a	O
special	O
dict	B-Library
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comprises	O
two	O
files	O
,	O
a	O
.index	O
file	O
and	O
a	O
.dict	O
file	O
(	O
or	O
.dict.dz	O
if	O
compressed	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
command	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
will	O
compile	O
a	O
Unicode-compatible	O
DICT	B-Library
file	O
called	O
mydict	O
,	O
with	O
heading	O
My	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
,	O
from	O
mydict.txt	O
which	O
is	O
in	O
Jargon	O
File	O
format	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
file	O
has	O
been	O
produced	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
server	O
with	O
commands	O
similar	O
to	O
this	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Linguae	O
Software	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
convert	O
from/to	O
wb	O
,	O
dict	B-Library
(	O
stardict	B-Language
and	O
dictd	O
)	O
csv	O
,	O
xdxf	B-Language
,	O
txt	O
,	O
ini	O
and	O
ling	O
(	O
native	O
)	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
Linux	O
,	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
XDXF	B-Language
XML	B-Language
Dictionary	I-Language
Exchange	I-Language
Format	I-Language
converts	O
between	O
various	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
formats	O
using	O
pluggable	O
codec	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
efficiently	O
store	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
data	O
,	O
dictzip	O
,	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
gzip	B-Application
compression	I-Application
format	O
(	O
also	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
utility	O
)	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
compress	O
a	O
.dict	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dictzip	O
compresses	O
file	O
in	O
chunks	O
and	O
stores	O
the	O
chunk	O
index	O
in	O
the	O
gzip	B-Application
file	O
header	O
,	O
thus	O
allowing	O
random	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
