Dictionary
The Dictionary window with the new Leopard visual theme
Developer:	Apple Inc.
Latest release:	2.0 / October 26, 2007
OS:	Mac OS X
Genre:	dictionary
Website:	http://www.apple.com

The Dictionary application, developed by Apple for its Macintosh computers, was introduced with Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger". It provides definitions and synonyms from the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition and Oxford American Writers Thesaurus, 1st Edition. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 671 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (675 × 603 pixels, file size: 44 KB, MIME type: image/png) This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software, and the copyright for its contents is most likely held by the author(s) or the company that... “Software development” redirects here. ... Apple Inc. ... Code complete redirects here. ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ... Mac OS X (pronounced ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. ... For other uses, see Dictionary (disambiguation). ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Apple Inc. ... For other uses, see Macintosh (disambiguation) and Mac. ... Mac OS X version 10. ... The New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD) is a single-volume dictionary of North American English by the American editors at the Oxford University Press. ...

History

Digital Webster

OS X's progenitor, OPENSTEP (and NEXTSTEP) provided similar functionality, called Digital Webster, providing dictionary and thesaurus definitions from Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus (termed the "First Digital Edition"). OPENSTEP Services provide lookup from all applications. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... OPENSTEP on Windows NT. OpenStep is an object-oriented API specification for an object-oriented operating system that uses any modern operating system as its core, principally developed by NeXT with Sun Microsystems. ... NEXTSTEP is the original object-oriented, multitasking operating system that NeXT Computer, Inc. ... For other uses, see Dictionary (disambiguation). ... For the American rapper, see TheSaurus (rapper). ... 1888 advertisement for Websters Dictionary Websters Dictionary is the common title given to English language dictionaries in the United States, derived from American lexicographer Noah Webster. ...

Functionality

The dictionary and thesaurus in Dictionary are in an XML format, but make use of precompiled binary index files to access the XML file directly, excluding the option of expansion of the dictionary. The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose markup language. ...

The key combination ⌃ ⌘ D can be used in Cocoa applications which display text — it brings up a small contextual menu-like definition or synonym of the word under the cursor. Ctrl redirects here. ... The Command key The Command key, known as the open-Apple key in documentation previous to the Apple Macintosh family of computers, is a modifier key present on Apple Keyboards. ... A Cocoa application being developed using Xcode. ... An example for a context menu taken from the word processor Microsoft Word The term context menu is commonly used for menus which pop up when clicking an item in a graphical user interface, offering a list of options which vary depending on the context of the action, the application... A cursor is a movable marker that indicates a position. ...

Apple also included a Dashboard Widget for accessing the Dictionary application. In applications which support "Services", there is an option in the application menu (for example, Safari>Services>Look up in Dictionary) which brings up the Dictionary application and displays the definition of a selected word. A widget (or control) is an interface component that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box. ...

The application's preferences allow a user to select from three different pronunciation schemes, either US English (Diacritical or IPA), or British English (IPA).

Errata

• The lexicon of the English language spell checking services (which are also universally accessible in Cocoa applications) are not the same as the Dictionary's lexicon. Thus, the New Oxford American Dictionary 2nd Edition is not the basis for spell checking in Mac OS X "Tiger".

• Double clicking on any word searches for that word in the dictionary again; you can click on almost any word except the pronunciations in phonetic characters and numerals.

• Apple catches any queries to the dict:/// protocol, say from a web browser, and routes them back to the Dictionary application.

Look up lexicon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mac OS X version 10. ...

Mac OS X v10.5

Dictionary in Mac OS X v10.5 has some significant improvements and new features. For example, it now contains an English-Japanese-English thesaurus, provided by Shogakukan. The program also uses Wikipedia as a source. Mac OS X version 10. ... Wikipedia (IPA: , or ( ) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. ...

Images

Dictionary can be accessed through applications that support Mac OS X Services. Image File history File links Dictionarymenu. ...	Dictionary defining a word in Safari; a WebKit/Cocoa application in Mac OS X v10.4. Image File history File links Dictionarycocoa. ... WebKit is an application framework included with Mac OS X v10. ... For other uses, see Cocoa (disambiguation). ... Mac OS X version 10. ...	The Dictionary widget within the Mac OS X Dashboard, introduced in Mac OS X v10.4. Image File history File links Dictionarywidget. ... Dashboard is an application for Apples Mac OS X v10. ... Mac OS X version 10. ...	Looking up tiger. Image File history File links Apple_Dictionary_querying_tiger. ... For other uses, see Tiger (disambiguation). ...
Looking up wiki in OS X Tiger's Dictionary application Image File history File links Apple_Dictionary_querying_wiki. ...	Dictionary's new Wikipedia integration. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 671 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (675 × 603 pixels, file size: 180 KB, MIME type: image/png) This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software, and the copyright for its contents is most likely held by the author(s) or the company that... Wikipedia (IPA: , or ( ) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. ...

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