24. The program storage device claim 17, further comprising instructions for performing the steps of: computing a count value for each count associated with the n-gram records, said count value being equal to log10(count); sorting each unique count value in descending order and generating an index to the sorted count values; and storing an index to said count values in said hypothesis records to represent said probability records.
24. The program storage device claim 17, further comprising instructions for performing the steps of: computing a count value for each count associated with the n-gram records, said count value being equal to log10(count); sorting each unique count value in descending order and generating an index to the sorted count values; and storing an index to said count values in said hypothesis records to represent said probability records. 25. The program storage device of claim 24, further comprising instructions for performing the steps of computing a probability value on the run for a given hypothesis record by accessing the count values associated with said stored index and computing the difference between the log10 count values for the corresponding probability record.