I wish writers would look up the dictionary/Wikipedia definition before spouting off in the letters column. For instance: “Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the ...

There are two built-in ways to view, customize, and clear your Personal Dictionary on a Windows 11 computer. These are: Using the Settings app Using the default.dic file. Let’s check both ways one by ...

The Cambridge Dictionary announced this week that they have added over 6,000 new words and definitions to their online dictionary over the last 12 months. Many of the words added to the Cambridge ...

A dictionary converting Japanese Wikipedia's short abstracts of articles as consolidated by DBPedia in the Stardict format. For use by KOReader and other eReaders or by GoldenDict on PC. Inspired by ...

After graduate school, I treated myself to a full set — that's 20 very large and heavy volumes — of the Oxford English Dictionary for my home office. It was a very on-brand purchase for me, and also a ...

A former editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, Sarah Ogilvie, made a startling discovery in the basement archives: six handwritten address books noting the names of more than 3,000 people who ...

What Google is to search, Wikipedia is to what comes next. It has emerged as one of the most oft-browsed non-social media websites, and an unparalleled inventory of shared digital knowledge. In 2023, ...

Here are some of the pros and cons to college students using Wikipedia in their research and assignments, from two research and instruction librarians at the University of Dayton. What comes to mind ...

Dynamic dictionary compression algorithms have trouble compressing small data. With default usage, the compression dictionary starts off empty and is constructed during a single pass over the input ...

Dictionaries reward you for paying attention, both to the things you consume and to your own curiosity. By Rachel del Valle I can’t remember how old I was when I first learned the words denotation ...