<s>
Ultralingua	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
single-click	O
and	O
drag-and-drop	O
multilingual	O
translation	O
dictionary	O
,	O
thesaurus	O
,	O
and	O
language	O
reference	O
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
suite	O
of	O
Ultralingua	B-Operating_System
language	O
tools	O
is	O
available	O
free	O
online	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
download	O
and	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
online	O
products	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
offers	O
premium	O
downloadable	O
language	O
software	O
with	O
extended	O
features	O
and	O
content	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
computer	O
platforms	O
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
hand	O
held	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
user	O
interface	O
of	O
the	O
electronic	B-Device
dictionary	I-Device
,	O
a	O
‘	O
hotkey’	O
feature	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
click	O
on	O
a	O
word	O
in	O
any	O
program	O
that	O
uses	O
editable	O
text	O
including	O
web	O
browsers	O
and	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
,	O
and	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	B-General_Concept
stemming	I-General_Concept
function	O
allows	O
searches	O
from	O
inflected	O
forms	O
of	O
a	O
word	O
into	O
the	O
root	O
word	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
in	O
French	O
,	O
(	O
allez	O
→	O
aller	O
)	O
with	O
further	O
extension	O
by	O
lemmatisation	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
123	O
"	O
→	O
"	O
one	O
hundred	O
twenty-three	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
are	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
program	O
interface	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
online	O
examples	O
of	O
language	O
in	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
discussion	B-Application
forum	I-Application
moderated	O
by	O
linguists	O
and	O
lexicographers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
interface	O
can	O
be	O
either	O
permanently	O
displayed	O
above	O
or	O
alongside	O
any	O
other	O
open	O
program	O
windows	B-Application
,	O
or	O
allowed	O
to	O
‘	O
float’	O
above	O
open	O
windows	B-Application
and	O
is	O
resizable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
Ultralingua	B-Operating_System
dictionary	O
software	O
began	O
in	O
1996	O
when	O
a	O
small	O
group	O
of	O
professors	O
from	O
Carleton	O
College	O
had	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
French	O
dictionary	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
look	O
up	O
words	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
with	O
drag-and-drop	O
technology	O
,	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
a	O
work	O
in	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
dictionary	O
program	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
launched	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
1997	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Le	O
Francophile	O
and	O
distributed	O
mainly	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
floppy	O
discs	O
of	O
Mac	B-Device
magazines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
commercialised	O
in	O
1999	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
as	O
a	O
fully	O
functional	O
application	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
obtained	O
online	O
from	O
download	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
collaboration	O
of	O
additional	O
specialists	O
in	O
lexicography	O
and	O
linguistics	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
range	O
had	O
expanded	O
to	O
include	O
language	O
modules	O
for	O
Spanish	O
and	O
German	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concurrent	O
with	O
the	O
opening	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
language	O
tools	O
were	O
launched	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
7.1.4	O
(	O
Mac	B-Device
)	O
and	O
version	O
7.0.0.0	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2008	O
and	O
May	O
2009	O
respectively	O
,	O
incorporated	O
a	O
completely	O
redesigned	O
GUI	B-Application
and	O
addressed	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
suggestions	O
for	O
improvement	O
made	O
in	O
an	O
exhaustive	O
independent	O
evaluation	O
of	O
version	O
6.0	O
by	O
the	O
State	O
University	O
of	O
Texas	O
(	O
CALICO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
many	O
people	O
have	O
been	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Ultralingua	B-Operating_System
's	O
code	O
and	O
data	O
,	O
the	O
founders	O
and	O
main	O
contributors	O
to	O
its	O
development	O
are	O
the	O
Chair	O
Professors	O
of	O
Carleton	O
's	O
Linguistics	O
and	O
Computer	O
Science	O
departments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
of	O
Ultralingua	B-Operating_System
software	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Princeton	O
University	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
Pronouncing	O
Dictionary	O
,	O
by	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
its	O
own	O
in-house	O
lexicographers	O
the	O
software	O
provides	O
proprietary	B-Application
bilingual	O
dictionary	O
modules	O
for	O
French-English	O
,	O
Spanish-English	O
,	O
German-English	O
,	O
Italian-English	O
,	O
Portuguese-English	O
,	O
Norwegian-English	O
,	O
French-Spanish	O
,	O
French-Italian	O
,	O
French-German	O
,	O
Spanish-German	O
,	O
Spanish-Portuguese	O
,	O
Esperanto-English	O
,	O
Latin-English	O
,	O
and	O
English	O
and	O
French	O
monolingual	O
dictionaries	O
and	O
thesauri	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
co-branded	O
Dictionaries	O
from	O
Collins	O
,	O
Masson	O
,	O
and	O
Simon	O
&	O
Schuster	O
are	O
for	O
use	O
exclusively	O
with	O
Ultralingua	B-Operating_System
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
programs	O
separately	O
available	O
that	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Ultralingua	B-Operating_System
technology	O
include	O
Grammatica	O
,	O
a	O
spell	O
and	O
grammar	O
check	O
utility	O
,	O
and	O
Distinguo	O
,	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
for	O
semantic	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
