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search

(1) To look for specific data in a file or an occurrence of text in a file. A search implies sequential scanning of content or indexes in order to find the results rather than a direct lookup. A search on the Web yields a list of Web pages that contain all the words in the search criteria. See search engine, desktop search, Boolean search and query.

(2) The field of search engine technologies. See search engine.

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search

1. the examination of a vessel by the right of search

2. Computing

a. a review of a file to locate specific information

b. (as modifier): a search routine

3. right of search International law the right possessed by the warships of a belligerent state in time of war to board and search merchant vessels to ascertain whether ship or cargo is liable to seizure

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search [sərch]

(computer science)

To seek a desired item or condition in a set of related or similar items or conditions, especially a sequentially organized or nonorganized set, rather than a multidimensional set.

(engineering)

To explore a region in space with radar.

(navigation)

An orderly arrangement of course lines used in searching an area.