Algorithmic Design of the Globe Wide-Area Location Service

Computer Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 297-310

  Van Steen, Maarten ^a   Hauck, Franz J ^a   Ballintijn, Gerco ^a   Tanenbaum, Andrew S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUFFER STORAGE; CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; SEARCH ENGINES; TABLE LOOKUP; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WORLDWIDE LOCATION SERVICE;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0032298565     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/41.5.297     Document Type: Article

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