<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Candid Candice: What is WAIS?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF"> <IMG WIDTH=221 HEIGHT=391 SRC="http://files.moo.ca/pics/cmib.jpg" ALIGN="left" ALT="[Cool Candice]"> Ask Candid Candice a question about Moo Canada:<BR> <FORM ACTION="http://www.moo.ca/candid"> <INPUT NAME="q" SIZE="60"> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Ask!"> </FORM> <HR> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- if (location.search.indexOf("?q=") == 0) { q = unescape(location.search.substring(3)); while ((plus = q.indexOf("+")) != -1) q = q.substring(0, plus)+" "+q.substring(plus+1); document.write("<I>> "+unescape(q)+"</I>\n");} // --> </SCRIPT> <H1>What is WAIS?</H1> <!-- Warning, this file is automatically generated, modifications to this file will be lost next time Candid Candice reboots. --> <!-- WAIS* --> WAIS (<B>W</B>ide <B>A</B>rea <B>I</B>nformation <B>S</B>erver) is a client/server based program that allows full text searches of documents. Document types include Usenet news articles, text files, hypertext pages, or even GIFs. WAIS was the first search engine on the Internet that searched for material <I>inside</I> files, and not just their file names or directory names. WAIS servers accept search requests forwarded to them by gopher clients and thus provides a previously missing link in the ability to find and retrieve information on the Internet. <P> Of-course WAIS has been made largely obsolete by search engines like <A HREF="http://altavista.digital.com">AltaVista</A> which can index the entire Internet, and not just one or two sites. <!-- Warning, this file is automatically generated, modifications to this file will be lost next time Candid Candice reboots. --> <HR> This page was created and is maintained by <a href="http://www.moo.ca/wizzen">The Wizzen</a>, © 2002. <P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candice/toolbar"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://files.moo.ca/pics/tool.gif" WIDTH="494" HEIGHT="19" ISMAP USEMAP="#toolbar" ALT="English toolbar"></A><BR> [ <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/">home</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/help?%23555">help</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/who">who</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/search">search</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candid/setup">setup</A> | <A HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candid.:!">code</A> ]</CENTER> <MAP NAME="toolbar"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/" COORDS="0,0,80,18" ALT="Home"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/help?%23555" COORDS="81,0,161,18" ALT="Help"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/who" COORDS="166,0,246,18" ALT="Who"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/search" COORDS="247,0,327,18" ALT="Search"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candid/setup" COORDS="332,0,412,18" ALT="Setup"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" HREF="http://www.moo.ca/candid.:!" COORDS="413,0,493,18" ALT="Code"> </MAP> </BODY> </HTML>
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