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+This directory contains the Dictionary classes (interface to CINT)
+BEGIN_HTML
+ See:
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://root.cern.ch/root/Dictionary.html">The ROOT Dictionary
+    </a></li>
+</ul>
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