DICT
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DICT is a dictionary network protocol created by the DICT Development Group in 1997, described by RFC 2229. Its goal is to surpass the Webster protocol to allow clients to access a variety of dictionaries via a uniform interface.
Key facts
- Networking protocol.title
- DICT
- Networking protocol.is stack
- No
- Networking protocol.purpose
- Allow clients access to remote dictionaries
- Networking protocol.developer
- DICT Development Group
- Networking protocol.osilayer
- Application layer (7)
- Networking protocol.ports
- 2628 (TCP)
- Networking protocol.rfcs
- A Dictionary Server Protocol
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- Dict.org-0p9b.png
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- publication date
- 1997-00-00
- Commons category
- DICT clients
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11 sectionsContents
- Resources for free dictionaries from DICT protocol servers
- Dictionaries of English
- Bilingual dictionaries
- DICT servers
- DICT clients
- Dict file format
- Format converters
- dictzip
- See also
- References
- External links
DICT is a dictionary network protocol created by the DICT Development Group in 1997, described by RFC 2229. Its goal is to surpass the Webster protocol to allow clients to access a variety of dictionaries via a uniform interface.
In section 3.2 of the DICT protocol RFC, queries and definitions are sent in clear-text, meaning that there is no encryption. Nevertheless, according to section 3.1 of the RFC, various forms of authentication (sans encryption) are supported, including Kerberos version 4.