X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=6%2Fr%2Fmwords%2Freadme.txt;fp=6%2Fr%2Fmwords%2Freadme.txt;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=b13ea8a082364672c6de2b010e558211ff52ec9a;hp=2c3b0d57c9bc9addfcf2f38daa999e6b41f5b6b4;hpb=01534a94130c1f5a3a230cf4fe18365a235ba271;p=deb_pkgs%2Fscowl.git diff --git a/6/r/mwords/readme.txt b/6/r/mwords/readme.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 2c3b0d5..0000000 --- a/6/r/mwords/readme.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,128 +0,0 @@ -QUICK START - -17 May 93 - -Copy all the files on all the disks to a folder on your hard disk -(make sure you have at two (4) megabytes of free space on -your hard disk for each disk of Moby product). -Change your current directory ('CD') to that folder, -type BUILD and press (enter). -The files that are extracted may be viewed and edited by -any capable text-editor, such as Microsoft Word 5.x. - -Moby (tm) Words II Documentation Notes - -This documentation, the software and/or database are: - -Copyright (c) 1988-93, Grady Ward. 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After -self-extraction, the vocabulary files included with this product -are in ordinary ASCII format with CRLF (ASCII 13/10) delimiters. - -MOBY WORDS II CONTENTS - -354,984 single words -Over 354,000 single words, excluding proper names, acronyms, -or compound words and phrases. This list does not exclude archaic -words or significant variant spellings. - -256,772 compound words -Over 256,700 hyphenated or other entries containing more -than one word as well as all capitalized words and acronyms. -Phrases were considered 'common' if they or variations of them -occur in standard dictionaries or thesauruses. - -113,809 official crosswords -A list of words permitted in crossword games such as Scrabble(tm). -Compatible with the first edition of the Official Scrabble Players -Dictionary(tm). Since this list has all forms: -ing, -ed, -s, and so on -of words, it makes a good addition when building a custom spelling dictionary. - -4,160 official crosswords delta -When combined with the 113,809 crosswords file, it produces the -official crossword list compatible with the second edition of the -Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. (Scrabble is a registered -trademark of Milton-Bradley licensed to Merriam-Webster.) - -74,550 common dictionary words -A list of words in common with two or more published dictionaries. -This gives the developer of a custom spelling checker a good beginning -pool of relatively common words. - -21,986 names -This database contains the most common names used in the -United States and Great Britain. Spelling checkers may want to -supplement their basic word list with this one. - -4,946 female names -frequent given names of females in English speaking countries - -3,897 male names -frequent given names of males in English speaking countries - -10,196 places -a large selection of place names in the United States - -1,000 by frequency -This file consists of the 1,000 most frequently used -English words from a wide variety of common texts listed -in decreasing order of frequency - -1,000 by frequency internet -This file consists of the 1,000 most frequently used -English words as used on the Internet computer network in 1992. - -6,213 acronyms -common acronyms & abbreviations - -1,185 King James Version frequent substrings -The most frequently occurring 1,185 substrings in the King James -Version Bible ranked and counted by order of frequency. - -467 current fiction substrings -The most frequently occurring 467 substrings occurring in a -best-selling novel by Amy Tan in 1990. - -USA Constitution -The Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights -and all amendments current to 1993. - -NOTE: Accents have been stripped from words, e.g., 'etude' -does not mark the accent on the initial 'e'. -