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Archie

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000057

An early search engine for FTP (File Transfer Protocol) sites, allowing users to locate files available for download across the internet. It maintained an index of file listings from anonymous FTP servers. Archie was one of the first tools to address the challenge of finding information on the nascent internet.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000057
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectInternet
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "An early search engine for FTP (File Transfer Protocol) sites, allowing users to locate files available for download across the internet. It maintained an index of file listings from anonymous FTP servers. Archie was one of the first tools to address the challenge of finding information on the nascent internet.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/archie/"
}

Record 62 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.