Wide Area Information Servers


 
 
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Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) : WAIS (pronounced "ways") was a client-server database search system introduced in 1990 before the widespread adoption of the World Wide Web. It indexed the contents of databases located on multiple servers and made them searchable over networks, including the Internet. Text searches of the databases were ranked by relevance, where files with more keyword hits are listed first.

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Question : 1

Which of the following statement is/are correct :-

(a) Modern search engines as a way to quickly find relevant information were inspired by WAIS. 

(b) WAIS was developed by Thinking Machines Inc. in 2000.

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

Identify the correct statement:

  • Short for Wide Area Information Server, WAIS was developed by Thinking Machines Inc. in 1988.
  • The WAIS system is not longer active.
Right Option : A
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Question : 3

WAIS was a ________________ database search system introduced in 1990.

Right Option : A
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