To learn about downloading and configuring Telnet, click here . A truncation symbol is a mark that you put at the end of a word in order to catch all variant endings of that word when searching a database . If you wanted to do research on computers, but also wanted to make sure you picked up any records with the word computer or computing or computerized, you would put a truncation symbol at the point in the word where various endings can begin to occur. Some databases truncate automatically. In some databases, you should add a number to tell the database how many letters you will allow the truncation symbol to represents.
Some databases allow for truncation symbols in the middle of the word to pick up variant spellings.
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