gopher
Gopher protocol is a distributed document retrieval protocol designed for navigating and searching hierarchical collections of information on the internet. It provides a menu-driven, text-based interface, allowing users to browse resources on Gopher servers, similar to how one navigates a file…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1991
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Gopher protocol was created to solve the problem of fragmented and difficult-to-navigate information on the early internet, which primarily consisted of disparate services like FTP, NNTP, and BBSs, each requiring different clients and conventions. It aimed to provide a unified, user-friendly, and hierarchical system for organizing and presenting information, making it easier for users to discover and access resources across different servers.
- Platforms
- ios, android, unix, DOS, Microsoft Windows, Unix-like systems, macos, Macintosh, web, linux, windows