One of the most popular and widely used aspect of the Internet is email. Electronic mail is like a way to send and receive messages that people have written to you, or to receive information you have subscribed to have sent to you. When you send a message electronically you can also attach a file that the person can later read. Archie what you use to search for information on FTP Sites. Fetch for Macs or ws-ftp for PCs are the FTP Programs to help you with ftping.
Gopher is another way of finding and retrieving files.
These sites are searched using Veronica . Because one can now search and see what is there using a browser most people download straight from a surfing session. Gophers essentially take a request for information and then scan the Net for it, so you don't have to. Gophers even let you select files and programs from ftp sites this way. Telnetting is a way to log in to remote computers.