search term
nounComputers.
a word or other term used to electronically retrieve data, web pages, or other information from files, databases, etc.: When you search the shopping website, ads relating to your search terms will appear along with your search results.
Origin of search term
1First recorded in 1955–60
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How to use search term in a sentence
“Daughter” was the second-most Googled search term for the Louisiana race, the Washington Examiner reported.
Mary Landrieu-Bill Cassidy Louisiana Senate Race Heads to a Runoff | Tim Mak | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis spring, Google Trends showed that Sandberg briefly eclipsed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a more popular search term.
The pictures later went viral, and “David Wu tiger” became the most popular Google search term for the congressman.
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