<OT> generic array server?

[m.w.chang]

Isn't a dictionary server just a different kind of finger or gopher 
server? username=word, information=definition.

is there something like a generic request-response server? XML?

kwall at kurtwerks.com wrote:
> I've brought up a DICT server,  for those of you who want to look up 

> $ dict -h kurtwerks.com -D
> More information and downloads at http://www.dict.org/.


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