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wide area information servers
     
         wais a distributed
        information retrieval system.  wais is supported by apple
        computer, thinking machines and dow jones.  clients are
        able to retrieve documents using keywords.  the search returns
        a list of documents, ranked according to the frequency of
        occurrence of the keywords used in the search.  the client
        can retrieve text or multimedia documents stored on the
        server.  wais offers simple natural language input,
        indexed searching for fast retrieval, and a "relevance
        feedback" mechanism which allows the results of initial
        searches to influence future searches.  it uses the ansi
        z39.50 service.  public domain implementations are
        available.
     
        other information retrieval systems include archie,
        gopher, prospero, and world-wide web.
     
        usenet newsgroup: news:comp.infosystems.wais.
     
        telnet telnet://sunsite.unc.edu.
     
        1995-03-13
     
     
see also:
apple computer thinking machines client multimedia server natural language 
ansi z39.50 public domain archie gopher prospero 
world-wide web usenet lt;news:comp.infosystems.waisgt; lt;telnetgt; 

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Area >> A Words
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Information Sci >> I Words
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Information Sup >> I Words
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Information Sys >> I Words
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Information The >> I Words
Information The, definition of term: Information The
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Information Man >> I Words
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Area Code >> A Words
Area Code, definition of term: Area Code
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Information Man >> I Words
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Information Hig >> I Words
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