[EAS]Internet Archive

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Subject:   Internet Archive

(from The Scout Report -- November 2, 2001)
<http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-011102.html>

Internet Archive
http://www1.archive.org/index.html

The Internet Archive is the "parent" site for two sites previously
reviewed in the Scout Report, Election 2000 (see the July 13, 2001
Scout Report) and September11.archive.org (see the October 19, 2001
Scout Report). The Archive has been cataloging Webpages since its
inception in 1996, and for their fifth anniversary has opened the
archive to the public by launching their "Wayback Machine." To
operate the "Machine," users type a URL into the search box, which
will call up dated, archived pages of the site. The Internet
Archive holds ten billion Webpages, making it the largest known
database. Since announcing public access to the overall database,
the site has experienced a great deal of traffic. They are in the
process of adding servers, but users should be warned that, in the
meantime, access may be tricky. The Internet Archive is a
nonprofit, which has received funding from a number of sources
including the Library of Congress and the National Science
Foundation.

Copyright Internet Scout Project, 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ 

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