ISINDEX

World-Wide Web An HTML tag which tells the browser to

display a text entry box on the current page. Any text

entered in the box by the user is appended as a URL-encoded

query string to the current URL and sent to the server

using a GET method.

This is a simple way of making a web site searchable or

allowing other kinds of simple user input. It relies on the

server mapping the query URL to an appropriate process,

probably depending on the page in which the ISINDEX appeared.

More complex input can be catered for using the FORM tag, or

Java.

(1996-12-22)