Chapters 3 : Basic Internet Services
Sections 2 : Infromation on the Internet
Gopher is Similar to the web, such that you connect to it without
knowing where it is. The difference is once connected, the information
is provided in a hierarchical system of menus. These menu items are
pointer or links. Each link will take you to the next menu until
you reach your destination. The advantage of gopher is you do not need
to know where the file is stored.
Gopher is a client/server system. In order to use gopher you must run
a program called Gopher client. The client does all the searching and
displaying of menus. Plus the Gopher client helps you save the information
that you retreive. Sometimes Gopher search are slow. The best thing to
do in this case is to wait. It is difficult to stop a Gopher's activity
in progress. A Gopher provides the capability to use bookmarks to create
shortcuts.
Archie is a tool that helps you find information on ther Internet. Archie
helps you access files and directories on anonymous FTP hosts. Archie is
a huge extensive and indexed database. It lists all the files that can
be downloaded from the most popular FTP sites. When a request comes in
it searches its databasea dn displays the name of the Anonymous FTP hosts
that contain the information you are looking for. There are many options
and environmental variables that can be set. Use the 'show' command to get
a display. In order to perform a search use the find command. There are
three ways that one can access archie. They are by using telnet, archie
client, and using e-mail.
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