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Should Gopher mean the protocol or information system?
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This article describes the World Wide Web as the information system that links documents through the Hypertext Transfer Protocol and its extension Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. However, the term Gopher is linked to the protocol named Gopher, not the information system that links documents trough the Gopher protocol.
Is there a name for the information system that would distinguish it from the protocol? If both are meant, the article should make clear which is meant for each instance of the word "Gopher". PhalanxDown (talk) 18:14, 7 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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