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Automation Matters

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Abstract

So begins the document entitled “The Internet Gopher Protocol: A Distributed Document Search and Retrieval Protocol.” Ouch! What is this all about? A bureaucratic mammal that scurries around on the Internet picking up documents? Well… Yeah… Kinda… Hmmm. Let’s break it down. First, a protocol, in computer terms, is simply a standard language which allows computers to communicate with each other.

How to Cite:

Hedges, P., (1993) “Automation Matters”, MAC Newsletter 21(3), 17-19.