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search engine
Computing a service provided on the internet enabling users to search for items of interest
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search engine
[′sərch ‚en·jən] (computer science)
Any software that locates and retrieves information in a database.
A server with a stored index of Web pages that is capable of returning lists of pages that match keyword queries.
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search engine
(World-Wide Web, tool, information science)A remotely
accessible program that lets you do keyword searches for
information on the Internet. There are several types of
search engine; the search may cover titles of documents,
URLs, headers, or the full text.
A list of search engines, Centre Universitaire d'Informatique at the University of Geneva
A list of search engines, Centre Universitaire d'Informatique at the University of Geneva
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