| 摘要 |
<p>Nodes of a computer network are found by performing, in response to input of a label, a first retrieval operation (32) to identify the address of a node matching that label, and performing, in response to an address identified by the first retrieval means, a second retrieval operation (35) to identify the addresses of further nodes matching the same label. Each node matching a given label has a data storage area for containing the addresses of other nodes matching the same label and is responsive to enquiry messages to return a message containing the addresses of the list. The second retrieval operation includes sending an enquiry message to the address identified by the first retrieval means and upon receipt of a response iteratively sending further enquiry messages to addresses contained in the response to the previous enquiry message.</p> |
