These include classics such as Moby Dick and refer- ence works such as the CIA World Fact Book. The Hacker's Dictionary and the Periodic Table of the Elements are available too. Gopher users can also get at information that is only accessible on terminal based infor- mation systems. Gopher can store links to these sites. You can easily start a telnet session to many libraries and information servers with the press of a key or click of the mouse.
Information is stored on multiple servers, connected together in a network.
This allows for capacity to be added to the system in small, inexpensive increments. Large indexes can be spread over multiple servers, resulting in significant speedups. You may use the PC, Macintosh, NeXT, Xwindows, or Unix Terminal Clients to access the Gopher system. There can be many different entry points. This allows a certain amount of freedom in organizing the information.