search engine
Definition
Computer program that searches databases and internet sites for the documents containing keywords specified by a user. Some search engines allow inclusion of Boolean operators (see Boolean search) such as 'And,' 'Or,' 'Not,' that make a search specific and faster.
search engine is in the Internet & World Wide Web subject.
search engine appears in the definitions of the following terms:
web crawler,
search statement,
AND,
wide area information server (WAIS),
applet,
ICQ,
concept search,
truncation,
gopher,
keyword
and
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