87. A system as defined in claim 86, wherein the dictionary build processor further includes: means for determining a desired system-built dictionary size; means for ordering the dictionary identifiers according to the cumulative compression ratio; and means for selecting the dictionary segments so as to include in the system-built dictionary only those dictionary segments that will maintain the system-built dictionary size less than or equal to the desired system-built dictionary size.
87. A system as defined in claim 86, wherein the dictionary build processor further includes: means for determining a desired system-built dictionary size; means for ordering the dictionary identifiers according to the cumulative compression ratio; and means for selecting the dictionary segments so as to include in the system-built dictionary only those dictionary segments that will maintain the system-built dictionary size less than or equal to the desired system-built dictionary size. 88. A system as defined in claim 87, wherein the means for determining a dictionary size selects a size from a set of predetermined dictionary fixed sizes.