* Cris Bailiff (c.bailiff_at_awayweb.com) wrote:

> Don't know what 'DICT' does, I don't use it

-<freaky_at_voi:~>-
-% curl dict://dict.org/d:url
220 miranda.org dictd 1.5.3/rf on Linux 2.2.19 <auth.mime> <1139195.17177.100826
7350_at_miranda.org>
250 ok
150 1 definitions retrieved
151 "URL" jargon "Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000)"
URL /U-R-L/ or /erl/ n. Uniform Resource Locator, an address
widget that identifies a document or resource on the World Wide Web.
This entry is here primarily to record the fact that the term is commonly
pronounced both /erl/, and /U-R-L/ (the latter predominates in more
formal contexts).

.
250 ok [d/m/c = 1/0/54; 12.000r 0.000u 0.000s]
221 bye [d/m/c = 0/0/0; -108.000r 20.000u 0.000s]

Quicker than a real dictionary :)

Given it's simplicity, does it really take enough space to worry about
culling it?

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