Archie protocol

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Archie protocol is an early Internet search protocol designed to index and allow users to locate files stored on anonymous FTP servers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet search protocol
information retrieval system
network protocol
basedOn client–server model
category Internet protocols
file search services
search protocols
communicationProtocol TCP NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Canada
dataSource periodic FTP directory scans
defaultPort 1525
designedFor indexing files on anonymous FTP servers
locating files on anonymous FTP servers
developedAt McGill University NERFINISHED
developer Alan Emtage NERFINISHED
Bill Heelan NERFINISHED
Peter Deutsch NERFINISHED
doesNotIndex file contents
field Internet history
information retrieval
followedBy Jughead search system
Veronica search system NERFINISHED
web search engines
inception 1990
influenced early search engine design
namedAfter comic character Archie
notableAs one of the first Internet search tools
precursor to web search engines
operatesOn anonymous FTP servers
outputFormat corresponding FTP server addresses
lists of matching filenames
precededBy manual FTP directory browsing
queryInterface command-line client
email-based interface
telnet access
queryType text-based search
status largely obsolete
stores file locations
indexes of filenames
supports exact match searches
regular expression searches
usedDuring early 1990s
uses FTP file listings

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Bunyip Information Systems usedProtocol Archie protocol