words is a standard file on
Unix and Unix-like operating systems, and is simply a
newline-delimited list of dictionary words. It is used, for instance, by
spell-checking programs.
The words file is usually stored in or .
On
Debian
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and
Ubuntu, the file is provided by the package, or its provider packages , , etc. On
Fedora and
Arch Linux, the file is provided by the package. The package is sourced from data from the
Moby Project, a public domain compilation of words.
References
External links
Sample words file from Duke CS department
Unix
Unix software
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