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1. (n.) 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.
Etymology: (1990–95)
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1. (noun) search engine
a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
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1. (noun) search engine
in search of
a computer program that can find information on the Internet
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. search engine
Software used to locate data or information stored in machine-readable form locally or at a distance such as an INTERNET site.
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