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+QUICK START\r
+\r
+17 May 93\r
+\r
+Copy all the files on all the disks to a folder on your hard disk\r
+(make sure you have at two (4) megabytes of free space on\r
+your hard disk for each disk of Moby product).\r
+Change your current directory ('CD') to that folder,\r
+type BUILD and press (enter).\r
+The files that are extracted may be viewed and edited by\r
+any capable text-editor, such as Microsoft Word 5.x.\r
+\r
+Moby (tm) Words II Documentation Notes\r
+\r
+This documentation, the software and/or database are:\r
+\r
+Copyright (c) 1988-93, Grady Ward. All Rights Reserved.\r
+3449 Martha Ct. \r
+Arcata, CA 95521-4884 USA\r
+(707) 826-7715 (voice/24-hr 7 day FAX)\r
+grady@netcom.com\r
+\r
+License Agreement\r
+This documentation, software and/or database was developed\r
+and copyrighted by Grady Ward and is licensed, not sold, to\r
+you on a non-exclusive, non-transferable basis. The documentation,\r
+software and/or database and derivative works of this database\r
+may not be copied in whole or part except for archival purposes\r
+as provided by law. If you have purchased the commercial license,\r
+Grady Ward explicitly grants you the limited right to create and\r
+market data structures or knowledge bases derived this work\r
+without further payment of a license fee, as long as the purpose\r
+and effect of that data structure or knowledge base is other than\r
+re-distributing that Grady Ward data structure or database. (In\r
+other words, you can freely distribute data structures based upon\r
+any or all of this work as long as you take reasonable care to\r
+prevent unlicensed persons and organizations from accessing\r
+the ASCII source.)\r
+\r
+Willful copyright violations are both a civil and a criminal offense [17USC500]\r
+\r
+Disclaimer of Warranty\r
+\r
+This documentation, software and/or database is sold "as is"\r
+and without express or implied warranties as to performance\r
+or merchantability for a particular purpose.The user is advised\r
+to test the documentation, software and/or database thoroughly\r
+before relying on it. The user assumes the entire risk of using\r
+this documentation, software and/or database and any liability\r
+of seller or manufacturer will be limited to product replacement\r
+or refund of the license fee.\r
+\r
+Moby (tm) Words II for the MSDOS operating system is compressed\r
+and distributed on two 1.4MB double-sided diskettes. After\r
+self-extraction, the vocabulary files included with this product\r
+are in ordinary ASCII format with CRLF (ASCII 13/10) delimiters.\r
+\r
+MOBY WORDS II CONTENTS\r
+\r
+354,984 single words\r
+Over 354,000 single words, excluding proper names, acronyms,\r
+or compound words and phrases. This list does not exclude archaic\r
+words or significant variant spellings.\r
+\r
+256,772 compound words\r
+Over 256,700 hyphenated or other entries containing more\r
+than one word as well as all capitalized words and acronyms.\r
+Phrases were considered 'common' if they or variations of them\r
+occur in standard dictionaries or thesauruses.\r
+\r
+113,809 official crosswords\r
+A list of words permitted in crossword games such as Scrabble(tm).\r
+Compatible with the first edition of the Official Scrabble Players\r
+Dictionary(tm). Since this list has all forms: -ing, -ed, -s, and so on\r
+of words, it makes a good addition when building a custom spelling dictionary.\r
+\r
+4,160 official crosswords delta\r
+When combined with the 113,809 crosswords file, it produces the\r
+official crossword list compatible with the second edition of the\r
+Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. (Scrabble is a registered\r
+trademark of Milton-Bradley licensed to Merriam-Webster.)\r
+\r
+74,550 common dictionary words\r
+A list of words in common with two or more published dictionaries.\r
+This gives the developer of a custom spelling checker a good beginning\r
+pool of relatively common words.\r
+\r
+21,986 names\r
+This database contains the most common names used in the\r
+United States and Great Britain. Spelling checkers may want to\r
+supplement their basic word list with this one.\r
+\r
+4,946 female names\r
+frequent given names of females in English speaking countries\r
+\r
+3,897 male names\r
+frequent given names of males in English speaking countries\r
+\r
+10,196 places\r
+a large selection of place names in the United States\r
+\r
+1,000 by frequency\r
+This file consists of the 1,000 most frequently used\r
+English words from a wide variety of common texts listed\r
+in decreasing order of frequency\r
+\r
+1,000 by frequency internet\r
+This file consists of the 1,000 most frequently used\r
+English words as used on the Internet computer network in 1992.\r
+\r
+6,213 acronyms\r
+common acronyms & abbreviations\r
+\r
+1,185 King James Version frequent substrings\r
+The most frequently occurring 1,185 substrings in the King James\r
+Version Bible ranked and counted by order of frequency.\r
+\r
+467 current fiction substrings\r
+The most frequently occurring 467 substrings occurring in a\r
+best-selling novel by Amy Tan in 1990.\r
+\r
+USA Constitution\r
+The Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights\r
+and all amendments current to 1993.\r
+\r
+NOTE: Accents have been stripped from words, e.g., 'etude'\r
+does not mark the accent on the initial 'e'.\r
+\r
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