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Article #2674Re: OED in machine readable form
From: Wm Randolph Franklin
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1991 20:12
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1991 20:12
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In article <1578@physiol.su.oz.au> on 3 Apr 91 02:14:06 GMT daved@physiol.su.oz.au (Dave Davey) asks about the OED on CD. Last I heard, the OED was using a Sun at Waterloo to maintain their database as a digital search tree (trie). I saw a demo once; I've never seen a file with a 9 digit length (600MB) before. It allows quick retrievals on word combos as well as individual words. Their standard example is to find an entry that refers to both frogs and cows, or some such. (It's a word from Homer.) The OED took 100 man-years to type in when they computerized it. That is what they should make available, but they probably never will since then anyone could copy it. Oh well. -- Wm. Randolph Franklin Internet: wrf@ecse.rpi.edu (or @cs.rpi.edu) Bitnet: Wrfrankl@Rpitsmts Telephone: (518) 276-6077; Telex: 6716050 RPI TROU; Fax: (518) 276-6261 Paper: ECSE Dept., 6026 JEC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Troy NY, 12180
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Newsgroups: comp.text Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!wrf From: wrf@mab.ecse.rpi.edu (Wm Randolph Franklin) Subject: Re: OED in machine readable form Message-ID: <2s_gdkb@rpi.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: mab.ecse.rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY References: <1578@physiol.su.oz.au> Date: 3 Apr 91 20:12:38 GMT Lines: 18