prosperous

adj 1: in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich;

"they were comfortable or even wealthy by some

standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his

family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do

members of the community" [syn: {comfortable}, {easy},

{well-fixed}, {well-heeled}, {well-off}, {well-situated},

{well-to-do}]

2: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a

palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business";

"doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did

a thriving business in orchids" [syn: {booming}, {flourishing},

{palmy}, {prospering}, {roaring}, {thriving}]

3: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon

days of the clipper trade" [syn: {golden}, {halcyon}]

4: tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are

auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable

time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous

moment to make a decision" [syn: {auspicious}, {encouraging},

{favorable}, {favourable}, {lucky}]

Prospero

A tool for organising {Internet} resources. Prospero allows

each user to organise the contents of remote file servers into

his own virtual file system with his own hierarchical name

space consisting of links to remote objects. Remote indexing

services are made available by treating the results as a

virtual directory. A "union link" allows the contents of the

link's target directory to appear as part of the directory

containing the link. Arbitrary filters can be associated with

links to modify the representation of the target directory as

desired. Prospero directories can be shared between users.

The Prospero protocol is used for communication between

clients and servers in the archie system.

A prototype of Prospero has been available since December

1990. It interfaces with Sun {NFS}, the {Andrew File System}

and {FTP} (with local caching) and {Archie}. Support for

{World-Wide Web} and {WAIS} is planned (1992).

E-mail: .

{(ftp://prospero.isi.edu/pub/prospero)}.