From: cfc@shell01.TheWorld.com   
      
   lab27  writes:   
      
   > * is "Kleene Closure".  + is often just called Kleene+.  A regular   
   > expression without Kleene closure is a "Network Expression".   
      
   Thanks for the Network Expression term.  It is exactly what I was   
   looking for. I just haven't looked enough at the Computational Biology   
   work recently--it's just over my horizon and probably shouldn't be.   
      
   BTW, I know plus as positive-closure to distinguish it from   
   Kleene-closure, but prefer the terms star and plus as they are simpler   
   and shorter and in context clear.  I don't know of anyone who says   
   x-Kleene-closure, for "x*", but anyone working on regular expresions   
   immediately knows what "dot-star" means, although many quible over   
   whether it includes "newline" characters of not. :-)   
      
   Thanks,   
   -Chris   
      
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