17. A method as defined in claim 16 wherein said step of merging said bit strings comprises the steps of said CPU calling said bit processor and sending said retrieved bit strings to said bit processor, and said bit processor thereafter merging said bit strings to from said resultant bit string and returning said resultant bit string to said CPU.
18. A method as defined in claim 17 wherein said step of transforming said resultant bit string comprises the steps of said CPU calling said bit processor and sending said resultant bit string to said bit processor, and said bit processor thereafter transforming said resultant bit string into said vector for said joined keywords and returning said vector to said CPU.