Each of these tools lets you get to different information on the Internet. Below I discuss each of these tools, and provide demonstrations for each. Elec tronic Mail Electronic Mail , or E- mail for short, allows a user to send letters, notes, documents, or in some cases files, to any other user on the internet. It also provides a variety of other functions that won't be discussed here. There are many, many extensions with different meanings.
Gopher is a menu based application that accesses a series of of indexes throughout the world.
Information on these indexes ranges from the American Civil Liberties Union to the Zilker Internet Park , in Austin Texas. Some indexes are subject based, others are more chaotic. Each gopher has its own quality. You can link to the millkern gopher by clicking here Gopher Servers can be searched, either on a server by server basis, or by searching all the gopher servers in the world. Veronica Veronica is a perfect example of that American habit of picking a word to be an acronym, and then finding the words to fit it.