Gopher client <networking> A program which runs on your local computer and provides a {user interface} to the {Gopher} {protocol} and to gopher servers. {Web browsers} can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the {X Window System}, {GNU Emacs}, and other systems. (ftp://boombox.micro.umn.edu/). (2001-03-31)