diff --git a/basis/checksums/bsd/authors.txt b/basis/checksums/bsd/authors.txt
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+John Benediktsson
diff --git a/basis/checksums/bsd/bsd-docs.factor b/basis/checksums/bsd/bsd-docs.factor
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+USING: help.markup help.syntax ;
+IN: checksums.bsd
+
+HELP: bsd
+{ $class-description "BSD checksum algorithm." } ;
+
+ARTICLE: "checksums.bsd" "BSD checksum"
+"The BSD checksum algorithm implements simple and fast 16-bit checksum. It is a commonly used, legacy checksum algorithm implemented in BSD and available through the GNU " { $snippet "sum" } " utility."
+{ $subsections bsd } ;
+
+ABOUT: "checksums.bsd"
diff --git a/basis/checksums/bsd/bsd-tests.factor b/basis/checksums/bsd/bsd-tests.factor
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+++ b/basis/checksums/bsd/bsd-tests.factor
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+USING: checksums.bsd checksums strings tools.test ;
+IN: checksums.bsd
+
+{ 15816 } [ "Wikipedia" bsd checksum-bytes ] unit-test
+{ 47937 } [ 10000 CHAR: a <string> bsd checksum-bytes ] unit-test
diff --git a/basis/checksums/bsd/bsd.factor b/basis/checksums/bsd/bsd.factor
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+++ b/basis/checksums/bsd/bsd.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2013 John Benediktsson.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: checksums kernel math sequences ;
+IN: checksums.bsd
+
+SINGLETON: bsd
+
+M: bsd checksum-bytes ( bytes checksum -- value )
+    drop 0 [
+        [ [ -1 shift ] [ 1 bitand 15 shift ] bi + ] dip
+        + 0xffff bitand
+    ] reduce ;
+
+INSTANCE: bsd checksum
diff --git a/basis/checksums/bsd/summary.txt b/basis/checksums/bsd/summary.txt
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+++ b/basis/checksums/bsd/summary.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BSD checksum algorithm