# Lexicon (program)

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'''Lexicon''' was a [text editor](/source/text_editor) / [word processor](/source/word_processor) [MS-DOS](/source/MS-DOS) program that was extremely popular in the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) and [Russia](/source/Russia) at the end of 1980s and in 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Name|date=1996-07-16|title=INTEGRATION FIRM SAVES RUSSIAN WORD PROCESSING PACKAGE|url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/integration_firm_saves_russian_word_processing_package|access-date=2022-02-25|website=Tech Monitor|language=en-US}}</ref> Some estimate that Lexicon was illegally installed on 95% of all Russian PCs. The last version for MS-DOS was 1.4. Later [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) versions were developed, but they were not popular, due to easily available pirated copies of [Microsoft Word](/source/Microsoft_Word).

Lexicon was originally developed at the Computing Center of the [Academy of Sciences of the USSR](/source/Academy_of_Sciences_of_the_USSR) by Ye.&nbsp;N.&nbsp;Veselov.

Lexicon could produce and edit [plain text](/source/plain_text) files; at the same time, it could enrich them with various formatting codes (which all started with the character 255 (0xFF)). Lexicon also included a [spell checker](/source/spell_checker).

Lexicon supported operations with linear and rectangular blocks; it also had convenient means for drawing tables with [box drawing characters](/source/box_drawing_characters).

Lexicon could work with both ''osnovnaya'' (primary) and ''[alternativnaya](/source/Code_page_866)'' (alternative) character sets. It also included its own screen and printer fonts and keyboard drivers for use with non-russified computers.

== References ==
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==See also==
*[List of word processors](/source/List_of_word_processors)

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Category:DOS text editors

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