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| | Zephyr protocol -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Created at (An engineering university in Cambridge) MIT, as part of (Click link for more info and facts about Project Athena) Project Athena, Zephyr was designed as an (Click link for more info and facts about instant messenger) instant messenger protocol and application-suite with a heavy (Trademark for a powerful operating system) Unix background. |
 | | Using the (Click link for more info and facts about "do one thing, do it well" philosophy) "do one thing, do it well" philosophy of Unix, it was made up of several separate programs working together to make a complete messenging system. |
 | | Zephyr is still in use today, mostly in (Establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching) university environments such as (Click link for more info and facts about CMU) CMU, Stanford University, and, of course, (An engineering university in Cambridge) MIT. |
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