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Search engine (computing)

Index Search engine (computing)

A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. [1]

58 relations: Authority, Automatic summarization, Bibliographic database, Bibliometrics, Boolean algebra, Cache (computing), Computer, Computer data storage, Concept, Desktop search, Document, Emanuel Goldberg, Enterprise search, Federated search, Full-text search, Human search engine, Image retrieval, Incremental search, Information overload, Information retrieval, Instant answer, Interface (computing), Inverted index, List of enterprise search vendors, List of search engines, Logical conjunction, Logical disjunction, Medical literature retrieval, Metadata, Metasearch engine, Multisearch, Natural language, Popularity, Probability, Query expansion, Query understanding, Relevance feedback, Search aggregator, Search as a service, Search engine indexing, Search engine optimization, Search suggest drop-down list, Selection-based search, Semantic search, Serpent (album), Solver, Spamdexing, SQL, String metric, Syntax, ..., Text mining, Vertical search, Video search engine, Web search engine, Web search query, Whitespace character, World Wide Web, XNOR gate. Expand index (8 more) »

Authority

Authority derives from the Latin word and is a concept used to indicate the foundational right to exercise power, which can be formalized by the State and exercised by way of judges, monarchs, rulers, police officers or other appointed executives of government, or the ecclesiastical or priestly appointed representatives of a higher spiritual power (God or other deities).

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Automatic summarization

Automatic summarization is the process of shortening a text document with software, in order to create a summary with the major points of the original document.

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Bibliographic database

A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, patents, books, etc.

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Bibliometrics

Bibliometrics is statistical analysis of written publications, such as books or articles.

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Boolean algebra

In mathematics and mathematical logic, Boolean algebra is the branch of algebra in which the values of the variables are the truth values true and false, usually denoted 1 and 0 respectively.

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Cache (computing)

In computing, a cache, is a hardware or software component that stores data so future requests for that data can be served faster; the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation, or the duplicate of data stored elsewhere.

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Computer

A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.

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Computer data storage

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data.

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Concept

Concepts are mental representations, abstract objects or abilities that make up the fundamental building blocks of thoughts and beliefs.

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Desktop search

Desktop search tools search within a user's own computer files as opposed to searching the Internet.

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Document

A document is a written, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought.

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Emanuel Goldberg

Emanuel Goldberg (עמנואל גולדברג; עמנואל גאָלדבערג; Эмануэль Гольдберг) (born: 31 August 1881; died: 13 September 1970) was an Israeli physicist and inventor.

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Enterprise search

Enterprise search is the practice of making content from multiple enterprise-type sources, such as databases and intranets, searchable to a defined audience.

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Federated search

Federated search is an information retrieval technology that allows the simultaneous search of multiple searchable resources.

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Full-text search

In text retrieval, full-text search refers to techniques for searching a single computer-stored document or a collection in a full text database.

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Human search engine

A human search engine is a search engine that uses human participation to filter the search results and assist users in clarifying their search request.

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Image retrieval

An image retrieval system is a computer system for browsing, searching and retrieving images from a large database of digital images.

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Incremental search

In computing, incremental search, incremental find or real-time suggestions is a user interface interaction method to progressively search for and filter through text.

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Information overload

Information overload (also known as infobesity or infoxication) is a term used to describe the difficulty of understanding an issue and effectively making decisions when one has too much information about that issue.

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Information retrieval

Information retrieval (IR) is the activity of obtaining information system resources relevant to an information need from a collection of information resources.

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Instant answer

An instant answer is an answer supplied by a search engine in response to a search query, without the user having to navigate away from the search results.

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Interface (computing)

In computing, an interface is a shared boundary across which two or more separate components of a computer system exchange information.

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Inverted index

In computer science, an inverted index (also referred to as postings file or inverted file) is an index data structure storing a mapping from content, such as words or numbers, to its locations in a database file, or in a document or a set of documents (named in contrast to a forward index, which maps from documents to content).

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List of enterprise search vendors

This is a list of enterprise search vendors.

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List of search engines

This is a list of search engines, including web search engines, selection-based search engines, metasearch engines, desktop search tools, and web portals and vertical market websites that have a search facility for online databases.

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Logical conjunction

In logic, mathematics and linguistics, And (∧) is the truth-functional operator of logical conjunction; the and of a set of operands is true if and only if all of its operands are true.

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Logical disjunction

In logic and mathematics, or is the truth-functional operator of (inclusive) disjunction, also known as alternation; the or of a set of operands is true if and only if one or more of its operands is true.

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Medical literature retrieval

Medical literature retrieval or medical document retrieval is an activity that uses professional methods for medical research papers retrieval, report and other data to improve medicine research and practice.

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Metadata

Metadata is "data that provides information about other data".

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Metasearch engine

A metasearch engine (or aggregator) is a search tool that uses another search engine's data to produce its own results from the Internet.

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Multisearch

Multisearch is a multitasking search engine which includes both search engine and metasearch engine characteristics with additional capability of retrieval of search result sets that were previously classified by users.

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Natural language

In neuropsychology, linguistics, and the philosophy of language, a natural language or ordinary language is any language that has evolved naturally in humans through use and repetition without conscious planning or premeditation.

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Popularity

In sociology, the popularity of a person, idea, item or other concept can be defined in terms of liking, attraction, dominance and superiority.

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Probability

Probability is the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur.

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Query expansion

Query expansion (QE) is the process of reformulating a given query to improve retrieval performance in information retrieval operations, particularly in the context of query understanding.

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Query understanding

Query understanding is the process of inferring the intent of a search engine user by extracting semantic meaning from the searcher’s keywords.

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Relevance feedback

Relevance feedback is a feature of some information retrieval systems.

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Search aggregator

A search aggregator is a type of metasearch engine which gathers results from multiple search engines simultaneously, typically through RSS search results.

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Search as a service

Search as a service is a branch of software as a service (SaaS), focussed on enterprise search or site-specific web search.

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Search engine indexing

Search engine indexing collects, parses, and stores data to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval.

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Search engine optimization

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the online visibility of a website or a web page in a web search engine's unpaid results—often referred to as "natural", "organic", or "earned" results.

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Search suggest drop-down list

A search suggest drop-down list is a query feature used in computing to show the searcher shortcuts, while the query is typed into a text box.

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Selection-based search

A selection-based search system is a search engine system in which the user invokes a search query using only the mouse.

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Semantic search

Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding the searcher's intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear in the searchable dataspace, whether on the Web or within a closed system, to generate more relevant results.

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Serpent (album)

Serpent is the fortieth album by Finnish experimental rock band Circle.

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Solver

A solver is a piece of mathematical software, possibly in the form of a stand-alone computer program or as a software library, that 'solves' a mathematical problem.

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Spamdexing

In digital marketing and online advertising, spamdexing (also known as search engine spam, search engine poisoning, black-hat SEO, search spam or web spam) is the deliberate manipulation of search engine indexes.

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SQL

SQL (S-Q-L, "sequel"; Structured Query Language) is a domain-specific language used in programming and designed for managing data held in a relational database management system (RDBMS), or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system (RDSMS).

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String metric

In mathematics and computer science, a string metric (also known as a string similarity metric or string distance function) is a metric that measures distance ("inverse similarity") between two text strings for approximate string matching or comparison and in fuzzy string searching.

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Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, usually including word order.

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Text mining

Text mining, also referred to as text data mining, roughly equivalent to text analytics, is the process of deriving high-quality information from text.

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Vertical search

A vertical search engine is distinct from a general web search engine, in that it focuses on a specific segment of online content.

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Video search engine

A video search engine is a web-based search engine which crawls the web for video content.

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Web search engine

A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web.

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Web search query

A web search query is a query that a user enters into a web search engine to satisfy his or her information needs.

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Whitespace character

In computer programming, white space is any character or series of characters that represent horizontal or vertical space in typography.

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World Wide Web

The World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or the Web) is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, and accessible via the Internet.

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XNOR gate

The XNOR gate (often written Exclusive-NOR, sometimes: EXNOR, ENOR, NXOR, XAND) is a digital logic gate whose function is the logical complement of the exclusive OR (XOR) gate.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_(computing)

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