Apple dictionary

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Latest revision as of 05:32, 30 September 2020

File Format
Name Apple dictionary
Ontology
Extension(s) .dictionary, .data, .index
Released 2005[1]

The built-in "Dictionary" program on OS X, which is used to read language dictionaries (AKA glossaries), stores the dictionaries in a proprietary format. These are located under /Library/Dictionary/, each in a bundle file with extension ".dictionary", and containing several files with extensions ".data" and ".index".[2]

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  1. Wikipedia:Dictionary (Software) says it was first included with Mac OS 10.4, which was released in 2005
  2. https://josephg.com/blog/reverse-engineering-apple-dictionaries/
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