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From: blenko-tom@cs.yale.edu (Tom Blenko)
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Subject: Re: /usr/dict/{web2,web2a}
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Date: 10 May 91 19:33:46 GMT
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I believe web2 and web2a are word lists distributed with BSD. They
provide an alternative (and considerably larger) sample for the Unix
spell command to consult. I am guessing from their name that they were
extracted from some dictionary, but the name "Webster" is generic for
dictionaries, so there's no reason to suppose it is related to the
dictionary accessed by the Webster application.

	Tom