Is there a document I can access that is a set of instructions on how to use all the feature of BAM and that would explain what different terms and acronyms used on the site mean?

Take a look here

Perhaps a link to the english page would be more sufficient for an american cruncher

english

But there are other languages as well, just click on your favourite flag at the top of the page.

Indeed...! By the way, what language was that?

Saenger,
This link was to an area I have seen and does not speak to what I am looking for (also it was not in english the only language I can read and write adaquately)(Now I see the note below about selecting another language and will find that useful should that problem reccur without my recognition of the page without translation) But I did recognize the format and so could determine that I knew already its contents. However, to clarify, I am looking for a more comprehensive manual, as it were, to BAM with a glossary of terms and acronyms.

JCI: maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but a good read anyway since you seem to be curious about a lot of things:

The (unofficial) BOINC-Wiki

Larry,

I think that the boinc wiki is pretty much what I needed .........thanks