Re: COMPUTER DICTIONARIES
I just use the Google Toolbar. Type in "What is <term>?" and hit Enter (without
the quotation marks).
The first item returned is a Web Definition of the requested word or
acronym. It's quick and fun.
That *is* cool, though it's just an interface to wordnet, which has been around for quite a while:
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/
Nice for exploring words, but not something I'd use as an authority.
As long as we're trotting out our favorite toys, I'll mention dictionary.com, which feeds your search into a bunch of online dictionaries, and bartleby.com, which has an *obscene* amount of really good material online, including the American Heritage dictionary and the Columbia Desk Encyclopedia.
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