Technical Terms - Internet (A-Z) - WAIS

What does WAIS stand for?

• Wide Area Information System

• Worldwide Access Information Server

• Wide Area Information Server

• Web Accessible Information System

When was WAIS introduced?

• 1995

• 1990

• 1985

• 2000

How were text searches of databases ranked in WAIS?

• By relevance

• By file size

• By date created

• Alphabetically

What was the central server in WAIS called?

• Central Database Server

• Directory of Servers

• Primary Server

• Mainframe Server

What inspired modern search engines in terms of functionality?

• World Wide Web

• WAIS

• Telnet

• Gopher servers

What technology eventually replaced WAIS?

• Modern search engines

• Gopher servers

• Telnet

• World Wide Web

What was the purpose of connecting via telnet in WAIS?

• To connect to the Directory of Servers

• To search for text within Gopher servers

• To install a client

• To browse the web

What type of databases were distributed amongst several servers in WAIS?

• Encrypted databases

• Local databases

• Publicly-available databases

• Private databases

What academic disciplines were the distributed databases in WAIS focused on?

• Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine

• Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

• Literature, Arts, Music

• History, Biology, Social Sciences

What caused the decline in popularity of WAIS?

• Growth of the World Wide Web

• Expansion of modern search engines

• Advancement of telnet technology

• Introduction of Gopher servers