search engine

search engine
an application that searches for, and retrieves, data based on some criteria, especially one that searches the Internet for documents containing specified words

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  • search engine — n. A software application that allows users to search for the appearance of particular words or images on websites. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. search engine …   Law dictionary

  • Search Engine — Search En|gine [ sə:tʃ endʒin] die; , s [...inz] <aus gleichbed. engl. search engine, zu engine »Maschine«> Suchmaschine [im Internet] …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • search engine — search engines N COUNT A search engine is a computer program that searches for documents containing a particular word or words on the Internet …   English dictionary

  • Search Engine — Search Engine,   Suchmaschine …   Universal-Lexikon

  • search engine — search .engine n a computer program that helps you find information on the Internet …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • search engine — search ,engine noun count * a computer program used for searching for information on the Internet …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • search engine — ► NOUN Computing ▪ a program for the retrieval of data, files, or documents from a database or network, especially the Internet …   English terms dictionary

  • search engine — n. software designed to examine documents, websites, etc. in order to locate items on a specified topic or having a given property …   English World dictionary

  • search engine — a computer program that searches documents, esp. on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or phrase and provides a list of documents in which this word or phrase is found. [1990 95] * * * Tool for finding information, especially on the… …   Universalium

  • search engine —    A special Web site that lets you perform keyword searches to locate Web pages; see Appendix A for a list of popular search engines.    To use a search engine, you enter one or more keywords or, in some cases, a more complex search string such… …   Dictionary of networking

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