Archie, the world’s first search engine, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal.

Before Google, there was Archie, the world’s first search engine, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal. It paved the way for modern search engines!#proudlycanadian🇨🇦 #canadiantech #techfacts #Archie #Google #searchengine pic.twitter.com/cAl3ODf8Iz

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