<s>
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
client/server	B-Operating_System
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
from	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
client/server	B-Operating_System
application	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
logic	O
was	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
portion	O
periodically	O
crawled	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
administrator-configured	O
locations	O
on	O
hard	B-Device
drives	I-Device
,	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
and	O
the	O
network	O
using	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
,	O
indexing	O
the	O
documents	O
it	O
found	O
after	O
converting	O
them	O
to	O
plain	O
text	O
using	O
the	O
Claris	B-Application
XTND	I-Application
document	O
conversion	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
1.5	O
,	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
pointed	O
at	O
selected	O
WAIS	B-Protocol
servers	O
,	O
using	O
their	O
indexes	O
directly	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
local	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
server	O
also	O
acted	O
as	O
a	O
WAIS	B-Protocol
server	O
,	O
respond	O
to	O
WAIS	B-Protocol
requests	O
sent	O
to	O
it	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
also	O
offered	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
AppleEvents	B-Operating_System
for	O
use	O
from	O
Mac	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
did	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
type	O
in	O
Boolean	O
operators	O
like	O
AND	O
or	O
OR	O
in	O
their	O
searches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
this	O
is	O
true	O
for	O
most	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
today	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
fairly	O
uncommon	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
also	O
supported	O
stemming	O
,	O
which	O
expanded	O
search	O
terms	O
into	O
similar	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
has	O
since	O
appeared	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
under	O
the	O
Similar	O
pages	O
link	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
also	O
included	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
summarize	O
documents	O
into	O
a	O
shorter	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
portion	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
within	O
programs	O
to	O
integrate	O
search	O
capabilities	O
with	O
relative	O
ease	O
,	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
was	O
fairly	O
small	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
applications	O
were	O
not	O
common	O
,	O
instead	O
,	O
the	O
client	O
API	B-General_Concept
was	O
more	O
commonly	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
gateway	O
for	O
internet	O
software	O
,	O
including	O
plug-ins	O
for	O
Gopher	B-Protocol
and	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
,	O
notably	O
MacHTTP	B-Application
and	O
(	O
later	O
)	O
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
was	O
also	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	O
Internet	O
Server	O
Solution	O
,	O
a	O
hardware/software	O
bundle	O
offered	O
to	O
create	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Workgroup	I-Device
Servers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
was	O
fairly	O
resource	O
heavy	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
required	O
a	O
Mac	O
using	O
a	O
68040	B-Device
and	O
5	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
as	O
a	O
minimum	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
1994	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
Apple	O
's	O
higher-end	O
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0.1	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
1994	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
PowerPC-based	O
machines	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
originated	O
in	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Technology	O
Group	O
(	O
ATG	O
)	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
internal	O
R&D	O
labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
,	O
ATG	O
had	O
long	O
been	O
giving	O
demos	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
using	O
a	O
client	O
application	O
known	O
as	O
Rosebud	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
AppleSearch	B-Operating_System
server	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
personalized	O
newspaper	O
.	O
</s>
