Archie search engine
E655788
Archie search engine was one of the earliest Internet search tools, designed to index and help users locate files on public FTP servers before the World Wide Web became widespread.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Archie search engine canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FTP search tool
ⓘ
search engine ⓘ |
| academicOrigin | university research project ⓘ |
| accessMode |
command-line client
ⓘ
email ⓘ later web interface ⓘ telnet ⓘ |
| basedOnTechnology | FTP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commercialization | Bunyip Information Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| computingPlatform | networked Unix servers ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of Internet information retrieval ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| dataSource | public anonymous FTP servers ⓘ |
| developer |
Alan Emtage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bill Heelan NERFINISHED ⓘ McGill University NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Deutsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | pre-Web Internet ⓘ |
| etymology | name derived from the word "archive" ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
Internet resource discovery
ⓘ
file retrieval ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | pioneered automated indexing of networked resources ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | McGill University School of Computer Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1990 ⓘ |
| indexingMethod | periodic FTP directory crawling ⓘ |
| influenced | later web search engines ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
help users locate files on anonymous FTP servers
ⓘ
index public FTP archives ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Archie Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first Internet search engines
ⓘ
indexing filenames rather than file contents ⓘ pre-dating the World Wide Web ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Unix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | modern web search engines ⓘ |
| protocolUsed | TCP/IP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| searchCapability |
search by filename
ⓘ
search by partial filename ⓘ |
| serviceType | public search service ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPeakUse | early 1990s ⓘ |
| userInterface | text-based interface ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.