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archie

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Archie,  MO  (city,  FIPS  1702) 
  Location:  38.48285  N,  94.34904  W 
  Population  (1990):  799  (347  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  64725 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  archie 
 
    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)