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    Download times vary depending on the speed of your connection and the size of the file being downloaded. Here are typical download times for different file sizes.
      Kbytes/sec 1MB File 5MB File 10MB File 20MB File
    28.8k Modem 3 6 min 28 min 57 min 114 min
    56k Modem 6 3 min 14 min 29 min 57 min
    ISDN 7 2 min 12 min 24 min 48 min
    T1 150 7 sec 34 sec 68 sec 136 sec

    If you experience problems when downloading large files, you may want to take the following steps to avoid possible disruptions to the data transfer:

    • Avoid doing any other activities on your computer (especially Internet access) while the file is being downloaded.
    • Disable any screen savers while the file is being downloaded.
    • Do the download at an "off-peak" time to avoid problems during high volume times.


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    With the help of tips on this page, you can refine your search to get more complete results. The search engine ranks documents based on the density of the search term in the searched documents. The more frequent is the occurrence of the word in a document, the higher is the document's score.

    • Queries are case-insensitive, you can type your query in upper or lowercase.
    • Select a Search Criteria:
      Word Entered Criteria Result
      tuf fastload Match Exact Phrase Documents containing the exact phrase tuf fastload.
      tuf fastload Match all Words
      Avoid search criteria containing the words 'and','or'. Results will not be returned.
      Documents containing both words tuf and fastload
      tuf fastload Match Any Words
      Avoid search criteria containing the words 'and','or'. Results will not be returned.
      Documents containing the word tuf or fastload but not necessarily both.
      tuf fastload Match Words in Same Paragraph
      Avoid search criteria containing the words 'and','or'. Results will not be returned.
      Documents that include all of the words you specify within the same paragraph.
      tuf fastload Match Words in Same Sentence
      Avoid search criteria containing the words 'and','or'. Results will not be returned.
      Documents that include all of the words you specify within the same sentence.

    • To use the following special characters in the search either use paired backquotes(``) or precede the characters with a backslash.
      • comma(,)
      • left and right parentheses
      • double quotation mark(")
      • backslash(\)
      • at sign(@)
      • left curly brace({)
      • left bracket([)
      • less than sign(<)
      • backquote(`)
      For example :
      To search for files\ncr\ you can either use files`\`ncr`\` or files\\ncr\\.
      To search for the wildcard string "a{b" you can surround the string with backquotes `a{b`
    • Searching with wildcards and Word Stems: By default the query automatically employs the stem operator. Stem searches for words that derive from those entered in the query expression, so entering "find" returns documents that contains "find","finding","finds" and so on.

    • Criteria Result
      Comput* Documents with words that have a prefix "comput" e.g "computation", "computer", "computing" and so on.
      Terada?a Documents which match any single alphanumeric characters in place of the ?

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