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The Gopher protocol (/ ˈ ɡ oʊ f ər / ⓘ) is a communication protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents in Internet Protocol networks. The design of the Gopher protocol and user interface is menu-driven, and presented an alternative to the World Wide Web in its early stages , but ultimately fell into disfavor ...
Veronica was a search engine system for the Gopher protocol, released in November 1992 [1] by Steven Foster and Fred Barrie at the University of Nevada, Reno. [2]During its existence, Veronica was a constantly updated database of the names of almost every menu item on thousands of Gopher servers.
Mark Perry McCahill (born February 7, 1956) is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He has developed and popularized a number of Internet technologies since the late 1980s, including the Gopher protocol, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), and POPmail.
Gemini is an application-layer internet communication protocol for accessing remote documents, similar to HTTP and Gopher.It comes with a special document format, commonly referred to as "gemtext", which allows linking to other documents.
The WAIS protocol is influenced largely by the z39.50 protocol designed for networking library catalogs. It allows a text-based search, and retrieval following a search. Gopher provides a free text search mechanism, but principally uses menus. A menu is a list of titles, from which the user may pick one.
Named for supporting multiple Internet protocols, including Hypertext Transfer Protocol, File Transfer Protocol, Network News Transfer Protocol, and Gopher, [7] its intuitive interface, reliability, personal computer support, and simple installation all contributed to Mosaic's initial popularity. [8]
Jughead is a search engine system for the Gopher protocol. It is distinct from Veronica in that it searches a single server at a time. [1] Jughead was developed by Rhett Jones in 1993 at the University of Utah. [1] The name "Jughead" was originally chosen to match the Archie search engine, as Jughead Jones is Archie Andrews' best friend in ...
The Internet Gopher Protocol: March 1993: Gopher: RFC 1441 : Introduction to version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework: April 1993: SNMP v 2: RFC 1459 : Internet Relay Chat Protocol: May 1993: IRC: RFC 1730 : INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4: December 1994: IMAP v 4: RFC 1777 : Lightweight Directory Access ...