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Utilities
- Finger
- Finger description: Unix manual page for finger: unix man finger
- Finger Protocol: The Finger User Information Protocol, by D. Zimmerman (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc1288.txt)
- Finger via email: : mail dlangley@netcom.com Subject: #finger USER@HOST.DOMAIN"
- Finger via telnet: access finger via telnet HOST=host on which USER is located, then type USER (telnet://rpi.edu:79)
- FingerInfo: a script to get information via finger, by Scott Yanoff (ftp://ftp.csd.uwm.edu/pub/fingerinfo)
Definition: Finger retrieves information about a user registered on a host computer.
Finger via gopher: gopher to HOST, port 79, path 0USER-ID (gopher://HOST:79/0USERID)
- Netfind
- Netfind description: a way to find someone on the Internet, by Michael F. Schwartz (ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/cs/distribs/netfind/README)
- Netfind source: (ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/cs/distribs/netfind/)
- Netfind via Web: (http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/netfind.html)
- Netfind via telnet: using telnet to find someone on the Internet (telnet://netfind@ds.internic.net) Login as : netfind
Definition: Netfind provides a simple Internet `white pages' user directory.
- Nslookup
- Nslookup man page: Unix man page: unix man nslookup
- Nslookup command: command to find out about command-name: unix nslookup domain-name
Definition: Nslookup is an interactive program to query Internet domain name servers (gives IP address).
- Ping
- Ping: a Ping product for Windows (http://www.netmanage.com/netmanage/apps/ping.html)
- Ping demo: check to see if host uwm.edu is up and roundtrip time: unix /usr/etc/ping -s uwm.edu
Definition: Ping requests echo from network host; see if remote host is up.
- TIA = The Internet Adapter (tm)
- TIA: The Internet Adapter (tm), $ (http://marketplace.com/0/tia/tiahome.html)
Definition: The Internet Adapter (tm) $, allows you to use TCP/IP applications using a UNIX shell account.
This is classified as an "Internet access utility."
- WHOIS
- WHOIS via Web: (http://rs.internic.net/cgi-bin/whois)
- Whois specs: NICNAME/WHOIS, by Harrenstien, Stahl, Feinler (October 1985) (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc0954.txt)
- Whois Servers List: List of Internet whois servers, by Matt Power (ftp://sipb.mit.edu/pub/whois/whois-servers.list)
- Whois via email: : mail mailserv@ds.internic.net Body: "whois DOMAIN"
- Whois via gopher: enter HOST.DOMAIN to query (gopher://ds.internic.net:4320/7whois%20rs.internic.net)
- Whois via telnet: at the prompt, enter whois host-name (telnet://rs.internic.net)
- Whois via Unix: the Unix command for whois, where `string' is the organization/person name or Internet domain name: unix whois "string"
Definition: WHOIS provides information on registered computer network users, domains, and organizations.
- X.500
- X.500 Definition: Executive Introduction to Directory Services Using the X.500 Protocol (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/fyi/fyi13.txt)
- X.500 Stds: Links to most sources of information on the X.500 standards (http://www.nexor.co.uk/~cjr/directory.html)
- X.500 Implement: A Revised Catalog of Available X.500 Implementations (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/fyi/fyi11.txt)
- X.500 Technical: Technical Overview of Directory Services Using the X.500 Protocol (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/fyi/fyi14.txt)
- X.500 via telnet: at the prompt, enter X500whois host-name (telnet://rs.internic.net)
- X.500 via gopher: (gopher://judgmentday.rs.itd.umich.edu:7777)
- X.500 via WWW: from the X.500 Group at Brunel University (http://http1.brunel.ac.uk:8080/wlu.html)
Definition: X.500 (OSI Directory Service) provides globally distributed directory service.
Tools
- Alibi = Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases of Information
- Alibi info: source code for Alibi, by Dave Flater (ftp://speckle.ncsl.nist.gov/flater/sources/)
- Dave Flater: developer of Alibi: mail dave@case50.ncsl.nist.gov
Definition: Alibi provides a query interface to retrieve information by keywords
- Archie
- Archie description: archie - An Electronic Directory Service for the Internet, by Deutsch, Emtage, and Heelan (ftp://archie.ans.net/pub/archie/doc/whatis.archie)
- Archie manual page: reference manual page for archie (ftp://archie.ans.net/pub/archie/doc/archie.man.txt)
- Archie via telnet: a telnet demo of archie (telnet://archie@archie.ans.net) Login as : archie
- Archie via gopher: a collection of information and links about archie, from Texas A and M University (gopher://gopher.tamu.edu/11/.dir/archie.dir)
- Archie via WWW: List of Hypertext Archie Servers (ArchiePlex), by Martijn Koster (http://web.nexor.co.uk/archie.html)
- Archie via Unix: Unix command line for hosts with installed archie client, search for STRING: unix archie -s STRING
- Archie via email: use archie via email: mail archie@archie.unl.edu Body: "help"
Definition: Archie locates files at anonymous FTP sites by filename (or string expression) search.
- Astra
- Astra Help: the help file for Astra: mail astradb@icnucevm.bitnet Body: "help"
- Astra documentation: Astra User Guide: mail astradb@icnucevm.bitnet Body: "GET META DOCUMENT"
Definition: Astra retrieve documents from databases.
- Bitftp
Definition: Bitftp allows the user to use electronic mail to obtain files at an ftp site via email.
- Essence
- Essence FAQ: The distribution includes the following files and directories (ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/cs/distribs/essence/FAQ.txt)
- Essence documents: Essence -- A Resource Discovery System Based on Semantic File Indexing (ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/cs/distribs/essence/)
- Harvest: this includes the essence software (ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/distribs/harvest/)
Definition: Essence is a resource discovery system using indexes.
- FSP = File Service Protocol
- FSP FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about FSP (http://itu.rdg.ac.uk/misc/fsp/faq/faq.htm)
- FSP INFO: an overview and description of FSP (ftp://ftp.germany.eu.net/pub/networking/inet/fsp/)
- FSP Web: information on FSP (http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/~charro/fsp.html)
- FSP Server lists: FSP Site Database (http://www.cybernet.it/fsp/)
- FSP Discussion: an unmoderated Usenet discussion group about FSP (news:alt.comp.fsp)
Definition: FSP is a connectionless protocol for transferring files.
- FTP = File Transfer Protocol
- FTP: File Transfer Protocol (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc0959.txt)
- FTP FAQ: Anonymous FTP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/ftp-list/faq)
- FTP Interface: look at ftp site lists (http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ftp-interface.html)
- FTP via Unix: Unix command for ftp, once in, type help: unix ftp
- FTP via email: get files at anonymous ftp sites via email.: mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Body: "help"
- FTP via telnet: site at Univ of IA (telnet://grind.isca.uiowa.edu)
- File Compression: File compression, archiving, and text<->binary formats, by David Lemson (ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/doc/pcnet/compression)
- FTP setup: (ftp://cert.org/pub/tech_tips/anonymous_ftp)
- Internet and FTP: an article on the client/server computing environment of the Internet. Illustrates IP Addresses and Domain Names. Defines File Transfer Protocol, or FTP. Explains mirror sites and anonymous FTP servers. Compares the directory and file structure of FTP servers to that of PC's and Macinstosh computers. Displays some FTP software, WS_FTP for the PC, and Fetch for the Macintosh. Illustrates the way to write FTP information in messages and web pages. (http://www.islandnet.com/~tmc/html/articles/ftp.htm)
Definition: FTP retrieves or puts copies of files at remote FTP sites.
- Jughead
- Jughead description: description of Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display (JUGHEAD) current status, by Rhett `Jonzy' Jones (ftp://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/Unix/GopherTools/jughead/jughead.ReadMe)
- Jughead Search: (gopher://liberty.uc.wlu.edu:3002/7)
Definition: Jughead collects searchable menu information from an individual Gopher server.
- Knowbot
- Knowbot via telnet: use a knowbot service via telnet; at the prompt, type `help' (telnet://info.cnri.reston.va.us:185)
Definition: Knowbot provides a uniform interface to heterogeneous remote directory services.
- Maltshop
- Maltshop script: (ftp://veronica.scs.unr.edu/veronica-code/)
Definition: Maltshop builds a veronica-access menu on your local gopher server.
- Netserv
- Netserv: a server for access to data files and programs of general interest: mail netserv@frmop11.bitnet Body: "get netserv helpfile"
Definition: Netserv is a server for access to data files and programs of general interest.
- Soft-Pages
- Project description: Soft Pages Project, by Johannsen and Mansfield (ftp://cs.ucl.ac.uk/osi-ds/osi-ds-39-00.txt)
Definition: Soft Pages aids in retrieval of documents, software, and other resources from servers.
- Spiders
- Top 5 Keyword: Top of the Web entry for keyword searching tools, from December Communications, Inc. (http://www.december.com/web/top/keyword.html)
- Web Spiders: World Wide Web Robots, Wanderers, and Spiders, by Martijn Koster (http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html)
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BotSpot: The Spot for all Bots on the Net including 13 searchable bot classification databases, FAQ's, Articles, Conferences, New Bots, Add a Bot, CommerceBots, NewsBots, SearchBots and more. Visit BotSpot of the Week awarded by Team BotSpot (http://www.botspot.com)
----- A selected list of Web spiders:
- Crawler: gathers indexes of the total contents of documents, as well as URLSs and titles (http://webcrawler.com)
- Excite: keyword or concept searching of Web pages or Usenet (http://www.excite.com)
- Harvest: tools to gather, extract, organize, search, cache, and replicate information available over the Net (http://harvest.cs.colorado.edu)
- InfoSeek: index search of the Internet (http://www.infoseek.com)
- JumpStation: indexes the titles and headers of documents on the Web, by Jonathon Fletcher (http://www.stir.ac.uk/jsbin/js/)
- Lycos: uses information metrics to record the 100 most important words in a document, along with the first 20 lines, so that users can often determine the value of a WWW document without retrieving it (http://www.lycos.com)
- MOMspider: a spider that you can install on your system (Unix/Perl) (http://www.ics.uci.edu/WebSoft/MOMspider/)
- NIKOS: allows a topic-oriented search of a spider database (http://www.rns.com/cgi-bin/nikos)
- RBSE URL: a database of URL references, with full WAIS indexing of the contents of the documents, by David Eichmann (http://rbse.jsc.nasa.gov/eichmann/urlsearch.html)
- SavvySearch: Parallel Internet Query Engine (http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~dreiling/smartform.html)
- SG-Scout: a robot for finding Web servers (http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~ptbb/SG-Scout.html)
- Wandex: index from the World Wide Web Wanderer, by Matthew Gray (http://www.mit.edu:8001/cgi/wandex/index)
- WebAnts: a project for cooperating, distributed Web spiders (http://thule.mt.cs.cmu.edu:8001/webants/)
- WebWorm: gathers information about titles and URLs from Web servers, by Oliver McBryan (http://www.cs.colorado.edu/home/mcbryan/WWWW.html)
Definition: Spiders are a class of software programs that traverse network hosts gathering information from and about resources.
----- Lists, information and collections
- Telnet
- Telnet tips: (http://kufacts.cc.ukans.edu/hytelnet_html/START.TXT.html)
- TELNET: Telnet Protocol (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc0818.txt)
- Telnet demo: check the weather (telnet://downwind.sprl.umich.edu:3000)
- Telnet search: find telnet connections based on keyword search (gopher://liberty.uc.wlu.edu:3004/7)
Definition: Telnet allows a user to login to a remote computer to use applications.
- Trickle
- Trickle: an email-based alternative to FTP, information (gopher://gopher.earn.net/11/doc/gnrt-by-chapters/TRICKLE)
- Trickle guide: : mail listserv@earncc.bitnet Body: "get trickle memo"
Definition: Trickle is an electronic mail-based alternative to obtaining files at FTP sites.
- Veronica
- Veronica via gopher: Search ALL of Gopherspace using veronica, includes links to FAQ and instructional information (gopher://veronica.scs.unr.edu/11/veronica)
Definition: Veronica locates titles of Gopher items by keyword search.
Systems
- Alex
- Alex description: NIR (Networked Information Retrieval) description of Alex (ftp://alex.sp.cs.cmu.edu/usr0/anon/doc/NIR.Tool)
- Alex Web Page: Alex FTP Filesystem (ftp://alex.sp.cs.cmu.edu/usr0/anon/www/alex.html)
- Alex document: (ftp://alex.sp.cs.cmu.edu/usr0/anon/doc/intro.ps)
Definition: Alex provides transparent read of remote files at anonymous FTP sites.
- GN
- GN Description: (ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/gn/README)
- GN Source: (ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/gn/)
Definition: GN is a multi-protocol (gopher0, http/1.0) server.
- Gopher
- Gopher guide: Internet Gopher User's Guide, ed. Paul Linder (ftp://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/docs/)
- Gopher sources/info: gopher client/server source code, as well as general information (e.g. gopher conference, gopherMoo, etc.) (ftp://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/)
- Gopher demo: a session demonstrating gopher at Univ of Minnesota (gopher://gopher.micro.umn.edu)
- Gopher via telnet: (telnet://gopher@consultant.micro.umn.edu) Login as : gopher
- Gopher via email/Japan: use a gopher via email: mail gophermail@ncc.go.jp Body: "help"
- Gopher via email/USA: use a gopher via email: mail gophermail@calvin.edu Body: "help"
- Gopher FAQ: Common Questions and Answers about the Internet Gopher, a client/server protocol for making a world wide information service, with many implementations (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/gopher-faq)
- Gopher-Web: Gopher in the World-Wide Web, gopher-Web interactions (gopher://gopher.ocf.berkeley.edu/00/gopher/gopher-www)
- Gopher/Veronica article: Exploring the Power of the Internet Gopher, by Lynn Ward; an article from the University of Illinois publication UIUCnet, Dec. 1992 - Jan. 1993, Vol. 6, No. 1, a newsletter covering campus networking issues (ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/doc/net/uiucnet/vol6no1.txt)
- Discussion: unmoderated Usenet newsgroup devoted to gopher (news:comp.infosystems.gopher)
Definition: Gopher provides access to resources using a graph of menus.
- Prospero
- Prospero document: Prospero user's manual, by Neuman and Augart (ftp://prospero.isi.edu/pub/prospero/doc/prospero-user-manual.tex.Z)
- Prospero documentation: description of prospero documentation available (ftp://prospero.isi.edu/pub/prospero/doc/README-prospero-documents)
Definition: Prospero provides user-centered view of remote files.
- WAIS = Wide Area Information Server
Definition: WAIS(tm) responds to natural language queries by searching indexes of databases and retrieving resources.
Note: As of spring 1996, WAIS, Inc. no longer offers services or products. There are probably some WAIS servers and sites out there; check the sources below for some leads; but expect these information spaces to eventually die out.
- WWW = World Wide Web
- WWW home page/W3C: overview of the Web, from the the World Wide Web consortium (W3C); this is the home page of the organization that coordinates the development of the Web (http://www.w3.org)
- WWW Guide/Hughes: a classic online text from 1994 called Entering the World-Wide Web, A Guide to Cyberspace, by Kevin Hughes; gives a nice introduction to what the Web is; of course, pointers to sites are outdated; historical interest (http://www.eit.com/web/www.guide/guide.toc.html)
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WWW-Yahoo: this is the Computers-World Wide Web section of the famous subject tree of the Web; this is useful as a good place to look for sites on a range of Web technology topics; the strength of this index is its breadth; entries vary widely in quality (http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/World_Wide_Web/)
-----FAQs
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WWW FAQ/Boutell: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list and answers about the Web--covers user, provider, and general information, maintained by Thomas Boutell (http://www.boutell.com/faq/)
-----Access
- WWW via telnet: an example of using WWW via telnet (to the University of Kansas) (telnet://lynx@lynx.cc.ukans.edu) Login as : lynx
- WWW ftp info: some information files about the Web, includes papers, guides, and draft specifications, from the World Wide Web Consortium (ftp://ftp.w3.org/pub/)
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Bootstrap: information about gaining more information about and accessing the Web (outdated, but of historical interest; you might also check here if you want to find a Web telnet site in a pinch) (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/FAQ/Bootstrap.html)
-----Software
- Browserwatch: this is it--this is where you can get the latest on WWW browsers; includes news and rumors, information about plug-ins, statistics, as well as a long list of browser, organized by the platforms they support, with links to the support sites for each browser (http://www.browserwatch.com)
- WebCompare: compare Web servers, find out about benchmark comparison information (http://www.webcompare.com)
- WWW Accessories: from Stroud's Consumate Winsock Applications list, Web accessories you can use with Microsoft Windows software (http://www.stroud.com/%CHECKED)
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Web Software: a list of software products related to the Web (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Status.html)
-----Developing Information
- Web Development: a summary of a methodology for developing a web--includes planning, analysis, design, implementation, and development; The philosophy behind this presentation is that Web development should involve more than just knowledge of HTML implementation or page layout. Instead, developers can use a set of processes to take advantage of--and work with--the unique qualities and characteristics of the World Wide Web using a variety of skills. (http://www.december.com/web/develop.html)
- The HTML Station: a summary of hypertext markup language syntax, includes demonstrations, tips, specifications, and reference information (http://www.december.com/html/index.html)
- webreference.com: a well organized directory of information about web development, including reference lists as well as original articles and commentary (http://www.webreference.com)
- WWW Vlib: WWW Development section from the WWW Virtual library, a resource collection for Web information providers and users, includes general information and links to various resources (http://www.stars.com)
- HTML Writer's Guild: an association of HTML writers and Web developers for building awareness of web development skills (http://www.hwg.org)
- IDA: Internet Developers Association, a trade association for individuals involved in the development of content for the Internet (http://www.association.org)
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WebMastery: a nicely-organized and annotated directory of resource listings of Web with a discussion forum on the bottom of each page; covers HTML, and related information, including resources on Web style, HTML, learning HTML, HTML editors, HTML converters, servers, browsers, and images (http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/html/guides.html)
-----Navigating the Web
- WWW Spiders: Spiders are a class of software programs that traverse network hosts gathering information from and about resources (http://www.december.com/net/tools/1997/nir-tools-spiders.html)
- WWW gateways: interfaces between the WWW and other information or communication systems (http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/World_Wide_Web/Gateways/)
- WWW Sites (W3C): a list of registered WWW servers, organized geographically by continent and country (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html)
- WWW Sites (CityLink): U.S. state and city web sites (http://www.neosoft.com/citylink/)
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WWW Sites (Virtual Tourist): a geographic map to aid in locating Web sites and other resources (http://www.vtourist.com/webmap/)
-----Forums, discussion, and news
- WWW Conferences: International conferences on the Web, past and future (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/Conferences/Overview-WWW.html)
- WWW Usenet Groups: a listing, description, and links to charters of Usenet newsgroups devoted to Web development (http://boutell.com/~grant/web-groups.html)
- WWW Discussion: search a database of 50 Web-related mailing lists and discussion groups (http://www.verity.com/library.html)
- WWW Daily News: links to daily news about the Web from a large variety of online sources; the stories are timely, well-selected, and useful; come here for a perspective on what is happening with the Web daily (http://www.newslinx.com)
Definition: The WWW is a system for disseminating hypermedia resources through servers and retrieving hypermedia resources through browsers on global or local computer networks. Resistance is futile.
-----Overviews
Interfaces
- Lists
- Browserwatch: this is it--this is where you can get the latest on WWW browsers; includes news and rumors, information about plug-ins, statistics, as well as a long list of browser, organized by the platforms they support, with links to the support sites for each browser (http://www.browserwatch.com)
- WWW Browser source: source code for a variety of Web browsers for different hardware platforms (ftp://ftp.w3.org/pub/www/bin/)
- WWW Clients: a list of programs to allow you to access the WWW from your own computer (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Clients.html)
- WWW Browsers/Yahoo: list from Yahoo, Computers-World Wide Web-Browsers (http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/World_Wide_Web/Browsers/)
This is only a partial list of interfaces for accessing information on networks; for longer lists of World Wide Web browsers, see:
- Arena
- Arena home: World Wide Web Organization's (W3O's) HTML3 browser (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Arena/)
Definition: Arena is a WWW broswer intended to test out HTML3.
- Chimera
- Chimera source: (ftp://ftp.cs.unlv.edu/pub/chimera/)
- Chimera Home Page: a HTTP, FTP, Gopher client with X/Athena interface, by John Kilburg (http://www.unlv.edu/chimera/index.html)
Definition: Chimera is a HTTP, FTP, Gopher client with an X/Athena interface.
- Cello
- Cello source: source code (ftp://ftp.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/)
Definition: Cello is a DOS-based (Circa 1994) Internet browser incorporating WWW, Gopher, FTP, Telnet, News.
- EINet WinWeb, MacWeb
- Emacs-WWW-browser
- Emacs WWW: an Emacs subsystem that allows the user to browse the World Wide Web (http://www.cs.indiana.edu/elisp/w3/docs.html)
Definition: Emacs is a WWW browser for use with the emacs text editor.
- Hyper-G
- Hyper-G via WWW: Hyper-G gateway at Graz Univ. of Technology (http://www.tu-graz.ac.at)
Definition: Hyper-G is a large-scale, multi-user distributed hypermedia information system.
Note: Hyper G is changing its name to Hyperware.
- Hytelnet
- Hytelnet source: includes source for PC, Macintosh, Unix, and VMS; Peter Scott's Hypertext database of publicly accessible Internet sites (ftp://ftp.usask.ca/pub/hytelnet/)
- Hytelnet via telnet: from the University of Arizona (telnet://hytelnet@info.ccit.arizona.edu) Login as : hytelnet
- Hytelnet via gopher: from Washington University in St. Louis (gopher://liberty.uc.wlu.edu/11/internet/hytelnet)
- Hytelnet via WWW: (http://library.usask.ca/hytelnet/)
- Hytelnet search: given a keyword, returns Hytelnet entries (gopher://liberty.uc.wlu.edu:3004/7)
- Hytelnet Web search: search all Hytelnet resource entries, via a web form, from Galaxy (http://galaxy.einet.net/hytelnet/HYTELNET.html)
Definition: Hytelnet provides access to a database of Internet telnet connects through hypertext (on network or TSR for DOS).
- Internet Explorer
- IE HOME: Microsoft's home page, developers of Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com)
Definition: Internet Explorer is a Microsoft's Web browser.
- Minuet
- Minuet FAQ: Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/minuet-faq)
Definition: Minuet is graphical interface integrating email, gopher, telnet, Usenet news, and ftp.
- Mosaic
- Mosaic: describes Mosaic, Internet information browser and World Wide Web client (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html)
- Mosaic FAQ: (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/mosaic-faq.html)
- Mosaic: description of how to download and run NCSA Mosaic (ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic/README.Mosaic)
- Mosaic paper: NCSA Mosaic Technical Summary, by Marc Andreessen (ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic/mosaic-papers/mosaic.ps.Z)
- Mosaic article: an HTML version of a New York Times article about Mosaic by John Markoff (http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~kluster/markoff.html)
- Amiga Mosaic: (http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/AMosaic/home.html)
- Mosaic: bring up Mosaic on system with client installed: unix mosaic
Definition: Mosaic is a client for network distributed hypermedia information and discovery.
- Lynx
- Netscape
- Netscape Communications: Netscape Communications Universe, developers of Netscape Web client software and servers (http://www.netscape.com)
- Netscape World Magazine: everything you've always wanted to know about the Netscape Navigator Web browser, includes tips, tricks, and techniques as well as news and resources; good source of current developments (http://www.netscapeworld.com)
Definition: Netscape is a WWW browser for MS Windows, Macintosh, and X.
- SlipKnot
- SlipKnot: (http://www.interport.net/slipknot/slipknot.html)
Definition: a Windows-based graphical WWW browser which does NOT require SLIP or PPP or TCP/IP.
Note: restricted shareware
- Willow
- Willow: Washington Information Looker-upper Layered Over Windows (http://www.cac.washington.edu/willow/home.html)
Definition: Willow is a graphical user interface to text-based bibliographic databases, WWW, and Z39.50.