dictionary program

[Joost Kremers]

Hi John,

>    I am looking for a dictionary program/utility for Mac OSX that behaves
>    like  the English dictionary program that comes with Mac OSX, but that
>    will  let  me input data my own data. This program does a "progressive
>    search":  if  I  type in the letter "a", a list of all words beginning
>    with   "a"  appears.  Then,  if  I  type  the  letter  "b",  the  list
>    automatically  reduces  itself to all words beginning with "ab-, etc.,
>    etc.  What is the technical term for this type of search behavior, and
>    where can I find this kind of program?

I have no idea if something like that is available at all. have you tried
searching Google?

The kind of search you describe is often called "incremental search",
though. There might be other words for it, but that's the one I hear the
most.

-- 
Joost Kremers, PhD
University of Cologne
Institute for German Language and Literature
Albertus Magnus Platz
50923 Cologne, Germany
Tel. +49 221 / 4703807
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