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TeraText is a non- relational text
database In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and a ...
. It is used to store and search through large amounts of textual data. It was originally developed at
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia., section 4(b) Established in 1887 by Francis Ormond, it is the seventh-o ...
. TeraText operation utilises a heavy client server model. A basic setup can consist of a Content Server (CS), Administration Interface, Application Server (AS), Security Server (SLS) and a Boot Server (boots). Individual servers communicate with each other using the standard
Z39.50 Z39.50 is an international standard client–server, application layer communications protocol for searching and retrieving information from a database over a TCP/IP computer network, developed and maintained by the Library of Congress. It is cov ...
protocol. Administration is through the
HTTP HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, wher ...
interface.


References

{{Reflist, refs= {{cite web, url=http://www.teratext.com/downloads/TeraText_FAQ.pdf, date=2003, pages=2, title=TeraText DBS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), accessdate=5 August 2020 Proprietary database management systems