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| − | Wordcruncher is a text indexing, retrieval, and analysis software developed at Brigham Young University under the name ETC<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/30207396?seq=1</ref> in the early 1980's<ref>https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1987-11/page/n255/mode/2up</ref>. Originally called the BYU Concordance Program<ref>https://wordcruncher.com/faq</ref>, it also has been licensed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for viewing scriptures under the LDSView title<ref>https://ldsview.wordcruncher.com/</ref>. | + | Wordcruncher is a text indexing, retrieval, and analysis software developed at Brigham Young University under the name ETC<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/30207396?seq=1</ref> in the early 1980's<ref>https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1987-11/page/n255/mode/2up</ref>. Marketed under the ETC (Electronic Text Corporation), The Portals Project, and Johnston & Co. Originally called the BYU Concordance Program<ref>https://wordcruncher.com/faq</ref>, it also has been licensed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for viewing scriptures under the LDSView title<ref>https://ldsview.wordcruncher.com/</ref>. |
==File Information== | ==File Information== | ||
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! Extension !! Description !! Header !! Notes | ! Extension !! Description !! Header !! Notes | ||
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| − | |BYA || Source Text with markup || || DOS | + | |BYA || Abbreviation File (Source Text with markup) || || DOS |
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| − | |BYB || Compressed Book format || || DOS<ref>https://wordcruncher.com/docs/indexer</ref> | + | |BYB || Compressed Book format || <code>80EDE6E30150</code> || DOS<ref>https://wordcruncher.com/docs/indexer</ref> |
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| − | |BYC || Book Case Data || || DOS | + | |BYC || Character Sequence - Book Case Data || || DOS |
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| − | |BYU || || || DOS | + | |BYU || User File || || DOS |
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|BYX || Index Data || || DOS | |BYX || Index Data || || DOS | ||
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| + | |BYL || Link File || || DOS | ||
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| + | |BYS || Stopword File || || DOS | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |BYT || Thesaurus File || || DOS | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |BYF || Frequency File || || DOS | ||
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|ETA || Source Text with markup ||<code>5349463D</code> || Windows<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060903012243/http://wordcruncher.byu.edu/wordcruncher/EtaDocumentation.htm</ref> | |ETA || Source Text with markup ||<code>5349463D</code> || Windows<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060903012243/http://wordcruncher.byu.edu/wordcruncher/EtaDocumentation.htm</ref> | ||
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|ELIM || Library Data Modules ||<code>454C494D</code>|| | |ELIM || Library Data Modules ||<code>454C494D</code>|| | ||
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| + | == Screenshots == | ||
| + | WordCruncher for DOS file formats | ||
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| + | [[Image:WC-DOS-Formats.png|700px]] | ||
==Samples== | ==Samples== | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/lds-cd-rom-library-1995 Portals LDS Library] | * [https://archive.org/details/lds-cd-rom-library-1995 Portals LDS Library] | ||
| + | * [https://archive.org/details/cdrinc_The_Constitution_Papers_WordCruncher_Software_1992 The Constitution Papers 1992 (DOS)] | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/the-pc-sig-library-on-cd-rom-ninth-edition PC-SIG Library 9th Ed.]: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30 | * [https://archive.org/details/the-pc-sig-library-on-cd-rom-ninth-edition PC-SIG Library 9th Ed.]: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30 | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/pc-sig-library-1991-cd PC-SIG Library 10th Ed.]: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30 | * [https://archive.org/details/pc-sig-library-1991-cd PC-SIG Library 10th Ed.]: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30 | ||
Latest revision as of 19:33, 8 September 2025
Wordcruncher is a text indexing, retrieval, and analysis software developed at Brigham Young University under the name ETC[1] in the early 1980's[2]. Marketed under the ETC (Electronic Text Corporation), The Portals Project, and Johnston & Co. Originally called the BYU Concordance Program[3], it also has been licensed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for viewing scriptures under the LDSView title[4].
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[edit] File Information
Wordcruncher can process a text file and produce an index along with a "book" format for use in their viewing software.
DOS versions used extensions beginning with the letter "B", Windows used letter "E", starting in version 7, Unicode was added and extensions end with the letter "U".
[edit] File Identification
| Extension | Description | Header | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYA | Abbreviation File (Source Text with markup) | DOS | |
| BYB | Compressed Book format | 80EDE6E30150 |
DOS[5] |
| BYC | Character Sequence - Book Case Data | DOS | |
| BYU | User File | DOS | |
| BYX | Index Data | DOS | |
| BYL | Link File | DOS | |
| BYS | Stopword File | DOS | |
| BYT | Thesaurus File | DOS | |
| BYF | Frequency File | DOS | |
| ETA | Source Text with markup | 5349463D |
Windows[6] |
| ETB | Compressed Book format | FE430000 |
Windows |
| ETC | Book Case Data | Windows | |
| ETE | Environment Data | Windows | |
| ETF | Frequency Data | Windows | |
| ETG | Book graphics in TIFF format | 49492A00 |
Windows |
| ETT | Translate Data | Windows | |
| ETX | Index Data | Windows | |
| ERL | Reference List File | 4F4352AB |
Windows |
| ETAX | Source Text with markup in XML | Documentation[7] | |
| ETBU | Compressed Book format | FE480800 |
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| ENBU | Notes File | [8] | |
| ETGU | Book Graphics | 45544755 |
[9] |
| ERLU | Reference List File | 4F4352AB |
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| ELIM | Library Data Modules | 454C494D |
[edit] Screenshots
WordCruncher for DOS file formats
[edit] Samples
- Portals LDS Library
- The Constitution Papers 1992 (DOS)
- PC-SIG Library 9th Ed.: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30
- PC-SIG Library 10th Ed.: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30
- PC-SIG Library 12th Ed.: primary interface is HyperReader, but WordCruncher WCView 4.30 is also used
- PC-SIG Library 13th Ed.: primary interface is HyperReader, but WordCruncher WCView 4.30 is also used
[edit] References
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/30207396?seq=1
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1987-11/page/n255/mode/2up
- ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/faq
- ↑ https://ldsview.wordcruncher.com/
- ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/docs/indexer
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060903012243/http://wordcruncher.byu.edu/wordcruncher/EtaDocumentation.htm
- ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/docs/etax
- ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/docs/book-options#note-files
- ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/docs/image-library
