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search engine

–noun
a computer program that searches documents, esp. on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found.

Origin:
1990–95
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search engine  
n.  
  1. A software program that searches a database and gathers and reports information that contains or is related to specified terms.

  2. A website whose primary function is providing a search engine for gathering and reporting information available on the Internet or a portion of the Internet.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Cultural Dictionary

search engine

Web sites or software that search the Internet for documents that contain a key word, phrase, or subject that is specified by the user to the search engine. Each engine has its own method of searching for information.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Computing Dictionary

search engine World-Wide Web, tool, information science
A remotely accessible program that lets you do keyword searches for information on the Internet. There are several types of search engine; the search may cover titles of documents, URLs, headers, or the full text.
A list of search engines, Centre Universitaire d'Informatique at the University of Geneva
(1995-11-28)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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