A stall set up in a publiC plaCe where one Can obtain information, e.g. tourist information. The information may be provided by a human or by a Computer. In the latter Case, the data may be stored loCally (e.g. on CD-ROM) or aCCessed via a network using some kind of distributed information retreival system suCh as Gopher or World-Wide Web. (1998-09-07)