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What is a Search Engine?
Many computer users aren't totally surewhat a search engine is
. Or what one does. Or how many there are. Let us clear that up for you.
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- A search engine is also software that retrieves information from a network, like the Internet.
- Many search engines "mine" data that is contained in databases, publications, and the like.
- Search engines catalogue and index billions of Web pages and then provide possible answers to the search query.
- A search engine is not a browser.
- A search engine is not a Web page or a Web site.
- There are search engines that search only specific Web sites or a single site.
- Some search engines include:
search engine
" is a software program that retrieves information from a database.- A search engine is also software that retrieves information from a network, like the Internet.
- Many search engines "mine" data that is contained in databases, publications, and the like.
- Search engines catalogue and index billions of Web pages and then provide possible answers to the search query.
- A search engine is not a browser.
- A search engine is not a Web page or a Web site.
- There are search engines that search only specific Web sites or a single site.
- Some search engines include:
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