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diff --git a/lcorernd.pas b/lcorernd.pas
index 3a8ea0c..7dbd7f1 100644
--- a/lcorernd.pas
+++ b/lcorernd.pas
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ written by Bas Steendijk (beware)
 the aim of this unit is to provide randomness in a consistent way, using OS specific methods for seeding
 
 this unit uses MD5 for performance and code size, but it is made so it is easy to use a different hash,
-as long as it is atleat 128 bits, and a multiple of the "word size" (32 bits)
+as long as it is at least 128 bits, and a multiple of the "word size" (32 bits)
 
 goals:
 
@@ -25,20 +25,20 @@ goals:
 
 - for the numbers to be
  - random: pass diehard and similar tests
- - unique: generate UUID's
+ - unique: generate UUIDs
  - secure: difficult for a remote attacker to guess the internal state, even
    when given some output
 
 typical intended uses:
  - anything that needs random numbers without extreme demands on security or
    speed should be able to use this
- - seeding other (faster) RNG's
- - generation of passwords, UUID's, cookies, and session keys
+ - seeding other (faster) RNGs
+ - generation of passwords, UUIDs, cookies, and session keys
  - randomizing protocol fields to protect against spoofing attacks
  - randomness for games
 
 this is not intended to be directly used for:
-- high securirity purposes (generating RSA root keys etc)
+- high security purposes (generating RSA root keys etc)
 - needing random numbers at very high rates (disk wiping, some simulations, etc)
 
 performance:
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const
   hashpasssize=48; {this number has to be small enough that hashing this size uses only one block transform}
 
 var
-  {the seed part of this buffer must be atleast as big as the OS seed (windows: 104 bytes, unix: 36 bytes)}
+  {the seed part of this buffer must be at least as big as the OS seed (windows: 104 bytes, unix: 36 bytes)}
   pool:array[0..(pooldwords+seeddwords-1)] of wordtype;
   reseedcountdown:integer;
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ var
   f:file;
   a:integer;
   l:packed record
-    devrnd:array[0..3] of integer;
+    devrnd:array[0..7] of integer;
     rdtscbuf:array[0..1] of integer;
     tv:ttimeval;
     pid:integer;