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Can a Dictionary be stored electronically?

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I'm devising a simple electronic word-building game.

After the user builds a word, the correctness of the word should be checked electronically.

Is it possible to load the dictionary in a PCB?

Pl. do advice.

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The english language has a total of about a million words (*). Assuming an average word length of 5 alphabets and 8-bit ASCII representation, you will need a maximum of

1,000,000*5*8 = 40,000,000 = 40 Mbits = 5 MBytes of storage.

You can get a relatively inexpensive flash or ROM memory of that size nowadays.

* All numbers are just guestimates. do not hold me liable if your space runs out after words starting with Y :)
 

Check the may 2005 issue of the Everyday Practical Electronics magazine. There is a project called "crossword solver" that works somewhat you want. It uses a PIC 16F877 as a processor and a 29FXXX type flash eprom to store aprox 57000 words.
 

You mean Mbytes ?
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No, I mean Mbits...... since I multiplied by 8.

Anyway, the cheapest MMC or SD card can hold such capacity.
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MMC or SD card is not a such good idea because then you have to buy a card reader for your board. A simple ROM or flash chip is much better and simpler for a home project like this since it can be directly interfaced with a simple micro-controller.
 

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