Jughead (search engine)

Jughead is a search engine system for the Gopher protocol. It is distinct from Veronica in that it searches a single server at a time,^[1] providing a local searchable index of items on that server, as opposed to Veronica's global index of all Gopher items.^[2] Jughead supported Boolean operators (AND, OR, and NOT) and partial-word searches using an asterisk as a wildcard character.^[3]

Jughead was developed by Rhett Jones in 1993 at the University of Utah.^[1]

The name "Jughead" was originally chosen to match the Archie search engine, as Jughead Jones is Archie Andrews' best friend in Archie Comics. Later a backronym was developed: Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display.^[3]

It was released by the original author under the GNU General Public License in 2006,^[4] and its source code has been modernized to better run on current POSIX systems.

Due to trademark issues, the modified version was called Jugtail,^[5] and has been made available for download on GNU Savannah.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "The lowdown on Archie, Gopher, Veronica and Jughead". Archived from the original on 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ McCahill, Mark P.; Anklesaria, Farhad X. (1995). "Evolution of Internet Gopher". Journal of Universal Computer Science. 1 (4): 235–246. doi:10.3217/jucs-001-04-0235.
^ ^a ^b "About Jughead". University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts & Sciences. 1993-07-30. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ ^a ^b "Jugtail - Summary [Savannah]". savannah.nongnu.org. Archived from the original on 2006-02-25. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ Doctorow, Cory (2020-02-21). "Gopher: When Adversarial Interoperability Burrowed Under the Gatekeepers' Fortresses". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

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[iu-1] "The lowdown on Archie, Gopher, Veronica and Jughead". Archived from the original on 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[2] McCahill, Mark P.; Anklesaria, Farhad X. (1995). "Evolution of Internet Gopher". Journal of Universal Computer Science. 1 (4): 235–246. doi:10.3217/jucs-001-04-0235.

[about-3] "About Jughead". University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts & Sciences. 1993-07-30. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[savannah-4] "Jugtail - Summary [Savannah]". savannah.nongnu.org. Archived from the original on 2006-02-25. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[eff-5] Doctorow, Cory (2020-02-21). "Gopher: When Adversarial Interoperability Burrowed Under the Gatekeepers' Fortresses". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

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