Providing Web search capability for low-connectivity communities

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  • Libby Levison
  • William Thies
  • Saman P. Amarasinghe
چکیده

There are many technical problems that exist in communities other than our own. These problems both deserve our attention and require focused research. We present one example: the TEK Search Engine. TEK is an email-based search engine designed to deliver lowbandwidth information to low-connectivity communities.

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تاریخ انتشار 2002