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Everything about Gopher (protocol)
TCP/IP application layer protocol
Gopher is a communication protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents in Internet Protocol networks. The design of the Gopher protocol and user interface is menu-driven, and presented an alternative to the World Wide Web in its early stages, but ultimately fell into disfavor, yielding to Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The Gopher ecosystem is often regarded as the effective predecessor of the World Wide Web. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Gopher (protocol)A 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: InternetThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Safety and utility of an anesthetic protocol for the collection of biological samples from gopher tortoisesCited 12 times
- Go sideways: Gemini (protocol)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Proxy serverA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
InternetPierre Cyr · 1995- 📕Conducting legal research and preparing memoranda for paralegalsMary M. Flaherty · 2002
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đź”— Related topics
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