<s>
Veronica	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
search	O
engine	O
system	O
for	O
the	O
Gopher	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
1992	O
by	O
Steven	O
Foster	O
and	O
Fred	B-Protocol
Barrie	I-Protocol
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Nevada	O
,	O
Reno	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
existence	O
,	O
Veronica	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
constantly	O
updated	O
database	O
of	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
almost	O
every	O
menu	O
item	O
on	O
thousands	O
of	O
Gopher	B-Protocol
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Veronica	B-Protocol
database	O
could	O
be	O
searched	O
from	O
most	O
major	O
Gopher	B-Protocol
menus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
original	O
Veronica	B-Protocol
database	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
accessible	O
,	O
various	O
local	O
Veronica	B-Protocol
installations	O
and	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
(	O
"	O
Veronica-2	O
"	O
)	O
still	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
search	O
engine	O
was	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
character	O
Veronica	B-Protocol
Lodge	O
from	O
Archie	B-Protocol
Comics	O
,	O
an	O
intentional	O
analogy	O
with	O
the	O
naming	O
of	O
the	O
Archie	B-Protocol
search	I-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
search	O
engine	O
for	O
FTP	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
backronym	O
for	O
Veronica	B-Protocol
is	O
"	O
Very	O
Easy	O
Rodent-Oriented	O
Net-wide	O
Index	O
to	O
Computer	O
Archives	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
