Computing Dictionary
archie definition
tool, networking A system to automatically gather, index and serve information on the
Internet. The initial implementation of archie by
McGill University School of Computer Science provided an indexed directory of filenames from all
anonymous FTP archives on the Internet. Later versions provide other collections of information.
See also
archive site,
Gopher,
Prospero,
Wide Area Information Servers.
(1995-12-28)