<s>
StrangeSearch	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
open-source	B-Application
indexing	O
and	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
by	O
Jeremy	O
Davis	O
and	O
Dan	O
Dunham	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
at	O
Iowa	O
State	O
University	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
inspiration	O
of	O
several	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
StrangeSearch	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
native	O
Windows	B-Application
user	O
interface	O
for	O
administration	O
and	O
is	O
accessed	O
through	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
for	O
searching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StrangeSearch	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
StrangeSearch	B-Application
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
index	O
the	O
files	O
shared	O
by	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
computers	O
on	O
a	O
network	O
via	O
FTP	B-Protocol
or	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
(	O
Windows	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
sharing	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
basic	O
web	O
interface	O
pre-built	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
to	O
allow	O
for	O
searching	O
and	O
ranking	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
shares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
projects	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
StrangeSearch	B-Application
code	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
use(d )	O
their	O
own	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pantssearch	O
(	O
Used	O
StrangeSearch	B-Application
code	O
with	O
several	O
UI	O
enhancements	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
landex	O
(	O
Arguably	O
better	O
than	O
StrangeSearch	B-Application
in	O
terms	O
of	O
features	O
;	O
uses	O
its	O
own	O
code	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Seek42	O
(	O
Linux-based	O
,	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Missouri	O
–	O
Rolla	O
,	O
also	O
available	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
