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  The Z39.50-based WAIS full-text search system.

  For discussion of WAIS, the Wide Area Information System, a networked
  full text retreival system developed by Thinking Machines and Apple,
  and which is currently being discussed in alt.wais.
  
  WAIS uses the Z39.50 query protocol to do full text searches between
  clients and servers.  There are over 150 servers running on the Internet
  today, and with WAIS you can find everything from recipes to RFCs.
  It has proven to be particularly useful for providing access to large
  text archives like newsgroup and mailing list archives.

  comp.infosystems.wais Frequently asked Questions [FAQ] (with answers)
    FAQ
    <wais-faq/getting-started>
    From: edguer@ces.cwru.edu (Aydin Edguer)
    Posted: monthly (9 May 1994 13:58:37 GMT)

  freeWAIS-sf Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ] with answers
    <wais-faq/freeWAIS-sf>
    From: pfeifer@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Ulrich Pfeifer)
    Posted: posted on the 6th and 20th of each month. (6 Nov 1995 04:42:20 GMT)

  World Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Introduction
    beginner & advanced world wide web questions-read before posting
      to comp.infosystems.www.[...] newsgroups
    <www/faq/part1>
    From: boutell@netcom.com (Thomas Boutell)
    Posted: unknown (11 Jul 1995 13:02:24 GMT)

  Readers: 22000 (0.3%) {76%}        Mesgs per month/day: 241/8      {33%}
  Crossposting: 16% {54%}            Megs  per month/day: 0.3/0.010  {32%}
  Sites reciving this Group: 73%     Cost ratio ($US/month/rdr): 0.01


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