Parent Category: Internet

BrewsterKahle was a database under the ThinkingMachines (intelligent computer) invented the WAIS (Wide Area Network Information Service), can retrieve all the files and allows files to retrieve. There are many different versions according to the complexity and performance, but the easiest online anyone can use. In its peak period, the intelligent computer company maintains a WAIS search all over the world can be clues to more than 600 databases. Including all common in the newsgroups file, and all are being developed for network standard paper documents, and more. And Archie, its interface is not very intuitive, so in order to make good use of it have to spend a lot of work.

1991, the first connection to the Internet-friendly interface developed at the University of Minnesota. At school, just want to develop a simple menu system via the LAN to access online documents and information of the school campus. Followed by believers and support of mainframe customers - server architecture, proponents of the controversy began. The beginning of the followers of the mainframe system prevailed, but since the client - server architecture advocates claim that they can quickly build a prototype system, they had to admit defeat. Client - server architecture advocates quickly made a state-of-the-art demonstration, the demonstration system called the Gopher. The Gopher was proved to be very easy to use, worldwide in the years following appeared in more than 10,000 of the Gopher. It does not require knowledge of UNIX and computer architecture. In a Gopher, you only need to knock a number to select the menu option you want. Today, you can use theUofMinnesotagopher worldwide Gopher system.

When UniversityofNevada (University of Nevada) Reno created VERONICA (through a Gopher use automatic retrieval services) Gopher availability greatly increased. It is called the VeryEasyRodent-OrientedNetwideIndextoComputerizedArchives first letter referred to. Gopher around the world like a network to collect the same network connection, and index. It is so popular, making it difficult to connect on them, but nevertheless, been developed in order to reduce the load of a large number of VERONICA. Similar index of the single-user software was developed, called JUGHEAD

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