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The Gopher protocol /ˈɡoʊfər/ is a TCP/IP application layer protocol designed for distributing searching and retrieving documents over the Internet. Strongly oriented towards a menu-document design the Gopher protocol presented an alternative to the World Wide Web in its early stages but ultimately HTTP became the dominant protocol. The Gopher ecosystem is often regarded as the effective predecessor of the World Wide Web.Invented by a team led by Mark P.