A UNIX-based system of servers that enables users to specify the databases requested for search, and to conduct a subject-matter search on the basis of keywords. See also browser, server, and UNIX.
See WAIS in Computer
(Wide Area Information Server) A database on the Internet that contains indexes to documents that reside on the Internet. Using the Z39.50 query language, text files can be searched based on keywords. Information resources on the Internet are called "sources." See Archie and Gopher.
