Mosaic is a user-friendly program that allows users to browse through the wealth of information on the Internet. It enables the user to search through a large number of information servers without consciously moving between different search tools. Hence, without too much difficulty, the user can discover, use, and share information via the Internet using Mosaic. Each tool has its strengths and limitations. It is not, however, a useful tool for downloading the software to the user's computer.
Gopher is an excellent tool for finding text files.
The number of gopher servers on the Net is growing continuously, and nearly all contain links to other gophers. WAIS stands for Wide Area Information Server, and it is yet another tool for retrieving information from the Net. WAIS searches those areas for documents that match the request. One advantage of WAIS is that it looks at the content of documents rather than just the titles. All rights reserved.