WAIS


Meaning of WAIS in English

Acronym for Wide Area Information Servers. A distributed text searching system that uses the protocol standard ANS Z39.50 to search index databases on remote computers. Note 1: WAIS libraries are most often found on the Internet . Note 2: WAIS allows users to discover and access information resources on the network without regard to their physical location. Note 3: WAIS software uses the client-server model.

Telecommunication standard terms English vocab.      Английский словарь стандартных телекоммуникационных терминов.