Internet Services
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FTP
WAIS
Telnet
USENET
The Web is the universe of network-accessible information, an embodiment of human knowledge. It is an initiative started at CERN (European Particle Physics Laboratory), now with many participants. It has a body of software, and a set of protocols and conventions. The Web uses hypertext and multimedia techniques to make it easy for anyone to roam, browse, and contribute.paraphrased from Tim Berners-Lee's "World Wide Web Initiative"
gopher n. 1. Any of various short tailed, burrowing mammals of the family Geomyidae, of North America. 2. (Amer. colloq.) Native or inhabitant of Minnesota: the Gopher State. 3. (Amer. colloq.) One who runs errands, does odd-jobs, fetches or delivers documents for office staff. 4. (computer tech.) Software following a simple protocol for tunneling through a TCP/IP internet.from the University of Minnesota's Computer & Information Services Gopher Consultant
The ARPANET standard File Transfer Protocol transfers files to and from a remote network site.from the Sun manual page
WAIS stands for Wide Area Information Servers, and is an architecture for a distributed information retrieval system. WAIS is based on the client server model of computation, and allows users of computers to share information using a common computer-to-computer protocol.paraphrased from the Frequently Asked Questions list for WAIS
telnet - user interface to a remote system using the TELNET protocolfrom the Sun manual pages
news - USENET network news articles and batchesfrom the Sun manual pages