Nowadays, on macOS, "dict://Internet" will open the Dictionary app with the query "Internet". (Probably behind a security prompt.) Not sure, if there's similar functionality on other operating systems.
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What do you mean by "behind a security prompt"?
Browsers generally throw up a prompt before opening an external app
I tried it and firefox came up with a prompt confirming I wanted to open 'internet' in 'Dictionary'
> firefox came up with a prompt confirming I wanted to open 'internet' in 'Dictionary'
My Ffx 131.0b9 wasn't so adept. It gave me:
The address wasn’t understood
Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (dict) isn’t associated with any program or is not allowed in this context.
You might need to install other software to open this address.Mine just opened the default search engine with the results, maybe it's how I have the address bar configured?
The behavior may be also vary depending on whether it's an actual link a document or direct input to the location bar. (I get different prompts on Firefox, while both will forward to the built-in system dictionary.)
And, of course, any further configurations may alter this, e.g., another service may have been registered for this protocol.
Perhaps it only does that on Macs?