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Archie is considered to be the ancestor of all the internet search engines so familiar today, such as Google, Bing and Yahoo.[1] Developed in 1989 by Alan Emtage, it was a catalogue of files available for download from FTP servers around the embryonic internet.[2][a]The file transfer protocol (FTP) is used to transfer files across the internet from one computer to another.[3]
Emtage developed Archie, named for Archive (without the “v”), when he was a student and systems administrator at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.[2]
Archie is now of historical interest only.[1]
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