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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>.
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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>. 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==
 
Wordcruncher can process a text file and produce an index along with a "book" format for use in their viewing software.
 
Wordcruncher can process a text file and produce an index along with a "book" format for use in their viewing software.
  
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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".
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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".
  
 
==File Identification==
 
==File Identification==
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! Extension !! Description !! Header !! Notes
 
! Extension !! Description !! Header !! Notes
 
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|BYA || Source Text with markup || || DOS
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|BYA || Abbreviation File (Source Text with markup) || || DOS
 
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|BYB || Compressed Book format || || DOS<ref>https://wordcruncher.com/docs/indexer</ref>
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|BYB || Compressed Book format || <code>80EDE6E30150</code> || DOS<ref>https://wordcruncher.com/docs/indexer</ref>
 
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|BYC || Book Case Data || || DOS
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|BYC || Character Sequence - Book Case Data || || DOS
 
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|BYU || || || DOS
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|BYU || User File || || DOS
 
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|BYX || Index Data || || DOS
 
|BYX || Index Data || || DOS
 
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|ETA || Source Text with markup || || Windows<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060903012243/http://wordcruncher.byu.edu/wordcruncher/EtaDocumentation.htm</ref>
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|BYL || Link File || || DOS
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|BYS || Stopword File || || DOS
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|BYT || Thesaurus File || || DOS
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|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>
 
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|ETB || Compressed Book format ||<code>FE430000</code>|| Windows
 
|ETB || Compressed Book format ||<code>FE430000</code>|| Windows
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|ETC || Book Case Data || || Windows
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|ETE || Environment Data || || Windows
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|ETF || Frequency Data || || Windows
 
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|ETG ||Book graphics in [[TIFF]] format ||<code>49492A00</code>|| Windows
 
|ETG ||Book graphics in [[TIFF]] format ||<code>49492A00</code>|| Windows
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|ETT || Translate Data || || Windows
 
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|ETX || Index Data || || Windows
 
|ETX || Index Data || || Windows
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|ERLU || Reference List File ||<code>4F4352AB</code>||
 
|ERLU || Reference List File ||<code>4F4352AB</code>||
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|ELIM || Library Data Modules ||<code>454C494D</code>||
 
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== Screenshots ==
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WordCruncher for DOS file formats
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[[Image:WC-DOS-Formats.png|700px]]
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==Samples==
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* [https://archive.org/details/lds-cd-rom-library-1995 Portals LDS Library]
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* [https://archive.org/details/cdrinc_The_Constitution_Papers_WordCruncher_Software_1992 The Constitution Papers 1992 (DOS)]
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* [https://archive.org/details/the-pc-sig-library-on-cd-rom-ninth-edition PC-SIG Library 9th Ed.]: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30
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* [https://archive.org/details/pc-sig-library-1991-cd PC-SIG Library 10th Ed.]: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30
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* [https://archive.org/details/cdrom-pcsig12 PC-SIG Library 12th Ed.]: primary interface is HyperReader, but WordCruncher WCView 4.30 is also used
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** WordCruncher Shareware 4.50 is available as PC-SIG disks [https://archive.org/download/cdrom-pcsig12/pc-siglibrary12thedition1993.iso/REF%2FDISK3005.ZIP #3005] (viewer and indexer programs) and [https://archive.org/download/cdrom-pcsig12/pc-siglibrary12thedition1993.iso/REF%2FDISK3015.ZIP #3015] (manual and tutorial files) on this CD-ROM.  The tutorial files include uncompressed .BYB files.
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* [https://archive.org/details/cdrom-pcsig13 PC-SIG Library 13th Ed.]: primary interface is HyperReader, but WordCruncher WCView 4.30 is also used
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>

Latest revision as of 19:33, 8 September 2025

File Format
Name Wordcruncher
Ontology
Extension(s) .etb, .erl, .etbu, .erlu, others
Released 1986

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].

Contents

[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
ENBU Notes File [8]
ETGU Book Graphics 45544755 [9]
ERLU Reference List File 4F4352AB
ELIM Library Data Modules 454C494D

[edit] Screenshots

WordCruncher for DOS file formats

WC-DOS-Formats.png

[edit] Samples

[edit] References

  1. ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/30207396?seq=1
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1987-11/page/n255/mode/2up
  3. ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/faq
  4. ↑ https://ldsview.wordcruncher.com/
  5. ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/docs/indexer
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060903012243/http://wordcruncher.byu.edu/wordcruncher/EtaDocumentation.htm
  7. ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/docs/etax
  8. ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/docs/book-options#note-files
  9. ↑ https://wordcruncher.com/docs/image-library
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