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# Gopherbridge
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# A bridge between worlds
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> Version: 1.0.19171.1 \
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> Created By: jali \<jali@orcapcentral.de> \
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> Created On: Sat 22 Jun 2019 08:17:31 pm CEST \
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> Last Modified On: Sat 22 Jun 2019 08:17:31 pm CEST
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# What is gopherbridge?
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Gopherbridge is a [gopher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_\(protocol\))
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server.
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Gopher is an old protocol. that provides documents and files to users. It allows
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downloading data and linking to other documents. Gopher was published around the
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same time as the [World Wide Web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web).
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It works somewhat similar, but is a lot simpler. It has none of the feats of the modern
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web, like playing videos or using JavaScript. It's generally text based.
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It's shortcomings are also the biggest feature: Since gopher doesn't transfer much data, it
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is fast. Even on small bandwidth dial-up lines, it operates at sufficient speed.
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Gopherbridge allows the user to brigde a website into a gopher document, thus making use of
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the fast download-speeds it allows, and allow formatting documents as text.
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This does for your website, what [gopherpedia](gopher://gopherpedia.com) is for the
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Wikipedia.
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