DocumentCode
1874265
Title
Providing Web search capability for low-connectivity communities
Author
Levison, Libby ; Thies, William ; Amarasinghe, Saman
Author_Institution
Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
87
Lastpage
91
Abstract
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 low-bandwidth information to low-connectivity communities.
Keywords
Internet; electronic mail; search engines; TEK Search Engine; Web search capability; email-based search engine; low-bandwidth information; low-connectivity communities; technical problems; Appropriate technology; Bandwidth; Computer science; Focusing; Information technology; Laboratories; Search engines; Telephony; Web search; X-rays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Technology and Society, 2002. (ISTAS'02). 2002 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7284-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013800
Filename
1013800
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