Summer Extravaganza - Reference Books

Today we have the directory in line as our next Reference Work. But before moving on, let me tell you that there are 2 directories on which we will be discussing today that are the Database Directory and Web Directory. We start off with the Database Directory....

A database directory as it is referred to as, is used in computing and telephony and refers to a database of information which is heavily optimized for reading, under the assumption that data updates are very rare compared to data reads. Commonly, a directory supports search and browsing in addition to simple lookups. Directory technology is often used in white page applications and network information services of which the directory WHOIS is the best example.

Now let us move on to the Web Directory. A web directory or link directory is a database directory on the World Wide Web. It specializes in linking to other web sites and categorising those links. It is not to be mixed ith a Web Search Engine and does not display lists of web pages based on keywords, instead, it lists web sites by category and subcategory.