Desktop Dictionary
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     Dictionary operating on the double hashing probability principle to
give indication of whether or not a word is present in the dictionary .
Error rate is about 1 in 250 and total dictionary capacity is about 60,000
words .

     You can either type in a word from the desktop after clicking in the
top white window , when a caret will appear , and then clicking CHECK will
tell you whether or not the word is present in the dictionary , or
alternatively  you can drop a text file onto the window and it will display
each unknown word in turn . In this case , clicking CHECK will ignore the
word and move on to the next unknown word , or you can click ADD which will
add the word to the dictionary and move on to the next unknown word . If you
want to remove a word from the dictionary , you must type in the word first
and then click DELETE .

     Apologies for the relative emptiness of the dictionary but this is a
very labour intensive process and I really don't have the time to enter the
entire OED .



  (C)  I A Jones   1990
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 EH10 4EL

