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These three are suggested to be: firstly, the archie system for single keyword and regular expression searches of the file lists of anonymous ftp sites; secondly, the veronica system for Boolean keyword in title searches of the world's gopher servers; thirdly, a range of software techniques known as robots and search engines, which compile searchable data bases of information accessible via the World Wide Web, such as the currently popular Lycos project at Carnegie Mellon University. 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