31. A method for generating in an information processing machine at least one abstract that is useful during information searching and retrieval procedures, comprising: 1. sensing by said machine information signals representative of information comprising individual words in a selected language, each word comprising one of more individual character; 2. developing in said machine, signals representative of characters in said system; 3. categorizing in said machine, selected ones only of the individual character signals into predefined character groups that are based on a probability distribution of the characters represented by said signals in the language selected; 4. maintaining an abstract count by said machine of the number of character signals categorized into each of said predefined character groups; and 5. storing said abstract count in said machine as an abstract of said information.
31. A method for generating in an information processing machine at least one abstract that is useful during information searching and retrieval procedures, comprising: 1. sensing by said machine information signals representative of information comprising individual words in a selected language, each word comprising one of more individual character; 2. developing in said machine, signals representative of characters in said system; 3. categorizing in said machine, selected ones only of the individual character signals into predefined character groups that are based on a probability distribution of the characters represented by said signals in the language selected; 4. maintaining an abstract count by said machine of the number of character signals categorized into each of said predefined character groups; and 5. storing said abstract count in said machine as an abstract of said information. 36. The method of claim 31 where step (3) further comprises: 3a. categorizing in said machine the selected character signals into said character groups based on the physical location of the related characters, such as first and third character locations of each word.