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On 4/11/2014 agnesann said:

Thanks for the scoop! I will give Extant (strange name) a shot.

I know, agnesann. I, too, was intrigued by the unique title.

According to dictionary.com, here's what it means:

ex·tant">ex·tant [ek-stuhnt, ik-stant]Show IPA

adjective

1.

in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are onlythree extant copies of the document.

2.

Archaic. standing out; protruding.

Origin:
1535–45; < Latin ex ( s ) tant- (stem of ex ( s ) tans ) standing out above a surface, present participle of exstare, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + stare to stand

Word Origin & History

extant

1545, "standing out above a surface," from L. extantem, prp. ofextare "stand out, be visible, exist," from ex- "out" + stare "tostand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "inexistence" appeared in Eng. 1561.