DocumentCode
942101
Title
Before the Web There Was Gopher
Author
Frana, Philip L.
Author_Institution
Charles Babbage Institute
Volume
26
Issue
1
fYear
2004
Firstpage
20
Lastpage
41
Abstract
The World Wide Web, universally well known today, was preceded by an efficient software tool that was fondly named Gopher. The Internet Gopher, much like the Web, enabled users to obtain information quickly and easily. Why, then, did it disappear but the Web did not? Gopher faded into obscurity for two main reasons: hypertext and commerce.
Keywords
Internet; electronic commerce; history; hypermedia; information retrieval; Internet Gopher; World Wide Web; commerce; hypertext; software tool; Application software; Business; Displays; Information management; Information retrieval; Protocols; Software systems; Web and internet services; Web server; Web sites;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2004.1278848
Filename
1278848
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