1. Dictionary Server Dictd is a TCP based server that allows a client to access dictionary definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases. Ten dictionary databases have been packaged for debian. They are: dict-gcide - An comprehensive dictionary of the English language, based on the 1913 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary dict-wn - WordNet 1.7, A Lexical Database for English dict-jargon - Hacker's Jargon File dict-foldoc - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing dict-vera - List of acronyms used in the field of computing dict-elements - Chemical and Physical Properties of the Elements dict-devil - "The Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Bierce dict-easton - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary dict-hitchcock - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary dict-gazetteer - Database of Geographic Data from the U.S. Census These packages are discussed in more detail in the file /usr/doc/dictd/README.Debian.gz Either dict-gcide or dict-wn is essential for a useful dictionary server. It is strongly recommended that both be installed. It is desirable that either dict-jargon or dict-foldoc, or both of them, be installed. The client program, dict, is packaged in dict*.deb If you are running a server, you will want the client for all machines in your network, and for testing server operations. From Debian 3.0r0 APT