An Internet utility for finding files in public archives obtainable by anonymous FTP. The master Archie server at McGill University in Montreal downloads FTP indexes from participating FTP servers, merges them into a master list, and sends updated copies of the master list to other Archie servers each day. Archie is a shortened form of archive. See also anonymous FTP, FTP1 (definition 1). Compare Jughead, Veronica.
A tool (software) for finding files stored on anonymous FTP sites. You need to know the exact file name or a substring of it. By 1999 Archie had been almost completely replaced by web-based search engines. back when FTP was the main way people moved files over the Internet archie was quite popular.
Software tool for locating information on the Internet. It can be difficult to locate a particular file because of the relatively unstructured nature of the Internet. Archie uses indexes of files and their locations on the Internet to find them quickly.

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