search engine
- a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found.
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Origin of search engine
1990–95
Also called retrieval engine.
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Examples from the Web for search engine
Contemporary Examples
Danny Sullivan, a self-described “search-engine guru” and editor of Search Engine Land, says yes.
Their version of journalism is to focus on things like “keyword density” and search-engine optimization.
search engine
- computing a service provided on the internet enabling users to search for items of interest
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