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[Solr Wiki] Update of "Suggester" by YonikSeeley

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http://wiki.apache.org/solr/Suggester?action=diff&rev1=7&rev2=8

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  = Suggester - a flexible "autocomplete" component. =
  A common need in search applications is suggesting query terms or phrases based on incomplete user input. These completions may come from a dictionary that is based upon the main index or upon any other arbitrary dictionary. It's often useful to be able to provide only top-N suggestions, either ranked alphabetically or according to their usefulness for an average user (e.g. popularity, or the number of returned results).
  
- Solr 3.x and 4.x include a component called Suggester that provides this functionality. See [[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-1316|SOLR-1316]] JIRA issue for the original motivations and patches.
+ Solr 3.1 includes a component called Suggester that provides this functionality.
  
  Suggester reuses much of the SpellCheckComponent infrastructure, so it also reuses many common SpellCheck parameters, such as `spellcheck=true` or `spellcheck.build=true`, etc. The way this component is configured in `solrconfig.xml` is also very similar: