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Noah Pro can use a wealth of different dictionaries (and it's
possible to
create your own dictionaries).
There are two main types of dictionaries:
In order to accomodate needs of different users Noah Pro provides
many versions of WordNet database. Each database contains a different
set of words and takes a different amount of memory.
In short:
- mini (wn_mini.pdb), small (wn_small.pdb), medium
(wn_medium.pdb) and full (wn_full.pdb) are databases of increasing
size. Each one contains more words than its predecessor but also requires
more memory.
- a definition in Noah consists of explanaitions and sample phrases. Some users
prefer to save memory and not to have sample phrases. For those users each database
comes in lite version without sample phrases (wn_mini_lite.pdb,
wn_small_lite.pdb, wn_medium_lite.pdb, wn_full_lite.pdb, wn_advanced_lite.pdb).
Lite version requires roughly 30% less memory.
- some users don't need definitions of simple words. They should find
advanced (wn_advanced.pdb) version of the databse useful.
We recommend using the biggest database you can afford (in terms of memory
taken on your PalmPilot). Here's a detailed information on every available
databases:
Name |
Number of words |
Required memory |
Required memory for lite version |
Devil's Dictionary |
900 |
108 kB |
N/A |
mini |
13300 |
980 kB |
681 kB |
small |
18421 |
1138 kB |
782 kB |
medium |
37625 |
1693 kB |
1195 kB |
advanced |
90255 |
2932 kB |
2672 kB |
full |
122679 |
4687 kB |
3937 kB |
Please note: to minimize the bandwidth consumption only the following
dictionaries are included with the main distribution file: devil.pdb, wn_small.pdb,
wn_medium.pdb, wn_advanced.pdb and wn_full.pdb. You can download the rest
for free. Visit www.arslexis.com for more info.
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