FORTH-83 STANDARD
                                          
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                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS

          1.   FOREWORD  ...............................................  1
          2.   PURPOSE  ................................................  2
          3.   SCOPE  ..................................................  2
          4.   TRADEOFFS  ..............................................  3
          5.   DEFINITIONS OF TERMS  ...................................  4
          6.   REFERENCES  ............................................. 12
          7.   REQUIREMENTS  ........................................... 13
          8.   COMPLIANCE AND LABELING  ................................ 15
          9.   USAGE  .................................................. 17
          10.  ERROR CONDITIONS  ....................................... 20
          11.  GLOSSARY NOTATION  ...................................... 22
          12.  REQUIRED WORD SET  ...................................... 25
          13.  DOUBLE NUMBER EXTENSION WORD SET  ....................... 41
          14.  ASSEMBLER EXTENSION WORD SET  ........................... 44
          15.  SYSTEM EXTENSION WORD SET  .............................. 46
          16.  CONTROLLED REFERENCE WORDS  ............................. 48
          
          APPENDICES
               A.   FORTH STANDARDS TEAM MEMBERSHIP  ................... 51
               B.   UNCONTROLLED REFERENCE WORDS  ...................... 54
               C.   EXPERIMENTAL PROPOSALS  ............................ 60
                    C.1  SEARCH ORDER SPECIFICATION AND CONTROL  ....... 61
                    C.2  DEFINITION FIELD ADDRESS CONVERSION OPERATORS . 66
               D.   STANDARDS TEAM CHARTER  ............................ 69
               E.   PROPOSAL/COMMENT FORM AND INSTRUCTIONS  ............ 78
          



























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