WW3C · WAAS · WADL · WAE · WAI · WAIS · WAN · WAP · WAP Forum · WAP1 · WAP2 · WAVE · WBEM · WBXML · WCAG · WCDMA · WCSS · WDDX · WDL · WDP · WECA · WEP · WGS84 · WHOIS · W-HTTP · WICD · WLAN · WLL · WMF · WML · WMLScript · WMM · WOFF · WPA · WPA2 · WPAN · WPF · WQSXGA · WQUXGA · WQXGA · WRDL · WS-Addressing · WS-AtomicTransaction · WS-Attachments · WS-BPEL · WS-BusinessActivity · WS-CAF · WS-CDL · WS-CF · WSCI · WSCL · WS-CTX · WS-Coordination · WSDF · WSDL · WSDM · WSE · WS-Eventing · WS-Events · WSFL · WS-I · WSIA · WSIF · WSIL · WSLA · WSM · WSMF · WSML · WSML · WSML · WSMO · WS-Notification · WSOL · WSP · WS-Policy · WS-PolicyAssertions · WSRP · WS-Referral · WS-Routing · WSS · WS-Security · WSTF · WS-TXM · WS-Transaction · WSXGA+ · WSXL · WTA · WTAI · WTLS · WTP · WUXGA · WWW · WXGA+ · WXGA · Wavelet · Web3D Consortium · WebCGM · WebDAV · WebFonts · WebSGML · WebSQL · WebStone · WfMC · Wf-XML · Wi-Fi · Wi-Fi Alliance · WiMAX · Wiki · Windows · World DAB Forum | WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers)WAIS is designed to help users find information over a computer network. The WAIS software architecture has four main components: the Client, the Server, the database, and the Protocol. The WAIS Client is a UI that sends requests for information to local or remote Servers. The WAIS Server is a program that services Client requests. The Server generally runs on a machine containing one or more information sources, or WAIS databases. The Protocol, Z39.50-1988, is used to connect WAIS Clients and Servers and is based on the 1988 version of the NISO Z39.50 standard. Since the WWW allows greater flexibility in the structure and presentation of distributed information, the usage of WAIS services and the number of WAIS Servers is getting smaller. Type Associations
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