Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Released in 1990, what was the name of the first internet search engine?"
The first internet search engine, released in 1990, was named Archie. Created by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal, Archie was designed to index File Transfer Protocol (FTP) archives, making it easier for users to locate specific files. The original intent behind the name was “archives,” but it eventually became shortened to Archie. Despite its simplicity compared to today's search engines, Archie was a groundbreaking tool that laid the foundation for the development of more sophisticated internet search technologies.