<s>
StarDict	B-Language
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Hu	O
Zheng	O
( 胡正	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
GUI	B-Application
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
for	O
accessing	O
StarDict	B-Language
dictionary	B-Operating_System
files	O
(	O
a	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
shell	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
StarDict	B-Language
's	O
earlier	O
homepage	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
SourceForge	B-Application
due	O
to	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
moved	O
to	O
Google	B-Protocol
Code	I-Protocol
and	O
then	O
back	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
while	O
development	O
is	O
now	O
seemingly	O
continued	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarDict	B-Language
runs	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dictionaries	B-Operating_System
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
choice	O
are	O
installed	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
files	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
by	O
converting	O
dict	B-Library
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
programs	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
StarDict	B-Language
dictionary	B-Operating_System
format	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
different	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
applications	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
include	O
GuruDic	O
,	O
TouchDict	O
,	O
weDict	O
,	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Universal	O
,	O
Alpus	O
and	O
others	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
free	B-Application
iStarDict	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Cydia	B-Device
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
can	O
find	O
here	B-Library
the	O
partial	O
list	O
of	O
FreeDict	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
which	O
can	O
be	O
converted	O
to	O
the	O
StarDict	B-Language
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
some	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
Webster	O
's	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
and	O
many	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
for	O
various	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
StarDict	B-Language
is	O
in	O
scan	O
mode	O
,	O
results	O
are	O
displayed	O
in	O
a	O
tooltip	O
,	O
allowing	O
easy	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
lookup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
combined	O
with	O
Freedict	O
,	O
StarDict	B-Language
will	O
quickly	O
provide	O
rough	O
translations	O
of	O
foreign	O
language	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
an	O
online	O
version	O
of	O
Stardict	B-Language
began	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
online	O
version	O
includes	O
access	O
to	O
all	O
the	O
major	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
of	O
StarDict	B-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Wikipedia	O
in	O
Chinese	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
versions	O
of	O
StarDict	B-Language
were	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
PowerWord	B-Library
dictionary	B-Operating_System
program	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
Chinese	O
company	O
,	O
KingSoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2.4.2	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
StarDict	B-Language
has	O
diverged	O
from	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
PowerWord	B-Library
by	O
increasing	O
its	O
search	O
capabilities	O
and	O
adding	O
lexicons	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evgeniy	O
A	O
.	O
Dushistov	O
produced	O
the	O
command	O
line	O
version	O
of	O
StarDict	B-Language
called	O
sdcv	B-Application
.	O
</s>
