go‧pher /ˈɡəʊfə $ ˈɡoʊfər/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1: Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Perhaps from Canadian French gaufre 'honeycomb']

1. a North and Central American animal like a large rat that lives in holes in the ground

2. (also Gopher) trademark a computer program that helps people find and use information quickly on the Internet

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GOPHER
[not an acronym] older protocol for transmission of text-based documents (developed at the University of Minnesota, hence the name)

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