Many programming languages reserve some identifiers as keywords for use when indicating the structure of a program, e.g. if is often used to indicate some conditional code. Languages such as Pascal/C/C++ have around 50 reserved keywords, Fortran doesn't have any, COBOL has around 300.

A keyword (or keyword phrase) is the name used to describe the word or phrase a searcher is most likely to use to find relevant websites.

refers to the word or term that an online user may enter at a search engine when doing a search. In simple keyword searching, use spaces in between keywords. For a more specific search, wherein you want the exact keyword or keyword phrase to appear in the results, type the keyword or phrase inside quotation marks.

Also Keyword Phrase. A word or combination of words used to find information on a subject. An example: The keyword Brampton Real Estate would be used to find information about real estate in the city of Brampton.

A word recognized by a program used to signal the program how to interpret the following word or words.

Words selected for indexing and sorting information so that it can be easily retrieved.

A word searched for in a search engine. Multiple keywords separated by spaces form a keyphrase (or search phrase) when typed into a search engine.

The term or phrase that a user types in to begin an online search. Keywords are a series of words which help the search engines readily identify and index a Website. These are often contained in the meta tag of an HTML document. (see HTML & Meta tag)

Words on a web page that significantly affect search engine rankings. These are the words that web users type into the search engines when searching for a site. These words are used to describe the contents of a web site.

A word or phrase used in a search engine query. For example, if you sell flowers, your keywords might include "florist," "flower arranging," and "flower deliveries."

a word or set of words (phrase) that consumers type into a search engine to find relevant web pages.

Keywords are the words, terms, phrases or text strings that best describe or categorize what an advertiser is offering or messaging. Advertisers select Keywords which MetricsDirect then looks for and identifies within the browser of Internet users. When MetricsDirect identifies an appropriate Keyword match, it then delivers your offer or messaging automatically to that user.

A word or words invisibly attached to an HTML Web page that can be seen by search engines. The search engines use this information to evaluate and catalog the content of a page or site, allowing users to find pages that have keywords that apply to their area or interest.

one of a set of words against which URL contents are checked to determine whether or not the inspected URL is Allowed or Blocked.

A word specified in a query placed to an information retrieval system, such as a Web search engine.

A word or phrase sought by a search engine. Refers both to the word the user of the search engine types in and to the word listed by a Web site developer in an area of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) coding for a Web page called a metatag. The search engine software compares the two and provides a list of matches.

A characteristic word, phrase, or code that is stored in a key field and is used to conduct sorting or searching operations on records in a database.

A word or phrase that is attached to an image. The image will be listed in the results of a search that includes the keyword.

Word or term that represents a central aspect of the topic being researched. Keywords are used to search online catalogs and electronic databases in libraries and on the World Wide Web

A word used in a search engine to perform a search. It's necessary for the site content to be keyword heavy.

A word or phrase used in a search engine query, for example, to find Web documents relating to a particular subject.

A word that is sought within a document.

This is a term used to describe content on a web page so that search engines can properly index the page. It is possible to put up keywords that don't really apply to a particular page to get more traffic, but that is discouraged by most search engines and could result in having all of your web pages go unlisted.

NCL: A word reserved by NCL that not allowed to be used as a variable or function name.

A significant word in the abstract, title, subject headings (descriptors), or text of an entry in a bibliographic database which can be used as a search term in a free-text or natural language search.

The descriptive text included in HTML programming which is indexed by search engines. E.g. keywords such as motor, engine, tires, etc. would be included in a site geared to automobiles.

An ampersand (&) followed by a string of letters that has a special meaning. Some keywords are variables. Contrast with reserved word.

A keyword is the search term that a user types into the search box, which then appears on Yahoo! search results pages.

(or key word) A word or phrase that is associated with an online topic. Keywords are defined by the author. Users can search for keywords, and if that keyword has been defined, one or more topics are presented to the user. A keyword is the online equivalent of an index entry.

A term that can be found in an article, which you use to look for the article during a search. The keyword can be a subject, author, or part of a title.

An individual keyword or keyword phrase assigned to an Ad Group.

Any searchable word in the Online Catalog. For example, words in authors' names and all words in titles or subject headings are keywords. Other words in the MARC record are also searchable, such as words from the imprint and contents note. Some systems other than the Online Catalog also use a keyword approach to searching.

A word entered into the query window of a search engine to find documents that contain the word. Advertisers purchase keywords so that an ad server will show ads designed to appeal to users interested in specific topics.

The term you type into a search tool's dialog box; what you want to search for.

A word or phrase that describes an archive resource or project

A term used for searching.

Any word that appears anywhere in the text of a record. Return to tour Laptop Check Out See: Circulation Desk

Word or phrase used by a search engine to identify information from an online database.

In search-engine technology, a significant word, which is used for content indexing; see also noise word. In programming, a word reserved for a command or other program instruction.

(1) A statement keyword is a word that is part of the syntax of a statement (or directive) and that may be used to identify the statement. (2) An argument keyword specifies a name for a dummy argument.

A word used for sorting, filtering, and searching. In programming languages, it is a reserved word which can not be used, for example, as a variable name. For instance, a variable typically can not be name "then" because if-then statements have reserved the word "then."

the name for a piece of text that a search engine such as Google uses to reference your web site.

A word used as a reference point for finding other words or information.

specific word or words used to search a topic

A piece of text present anywhere in the data being searched.

How many keywords were searched for in a given period.

it is a one, two or three word combination or phrase a customer would enter in a search engine to find a product or service link: A component of a hypertext document which when clicked with a mouse takes the user to another document or a different section of the current document. The word "mouse" above in this paragraph - which you can probably see in mauve or blue is an example of a link.

A word or phrase used as an index entry in Help. Each index entry is a keyword or keyword phrase that is associated with one or more Help topics.

In a search of a database, the word or words (see Boolean Operators) that describe the main topic of a book or other item. Less precise than a subject search, which uses specific subject headings.

A keyword is a search word that people use when they are looking for a service or product on the Internet. It is thru keywords that people find your Web site.

A particular word or a group of words that a potential customer or the browser might type in at the time of looking for a website that offers his/her interest information.

The word or words you use to search. A keyword may be a person, a place, an event, an object—whatever it is you hope to find images about

Search able terms extracted from a data set during indexing. Select your keywords with extreme care. Determine the two or three dozen keywords that seem to be the most important to your site, then ensure that the most important of those are in your title and mentioned early on your web page. Examine your competitors, or similar sites on the web. What keywords have they used? Where do they show up in a query using those keywords? Most search engine s won't give us credit for being more, or better, about HTML and CGI than all the others. You must state those things that your pages are definitely about, but you must also find keywords that set you apart from the others.

A keyword is a word that is used in an application and has a predetermined meaning for the application.

A keyword is a word identified as particularly informative about an object. In a sequence, a keyword often relates to the identity of a gene or the function of the gene product. References often have a list of keywords that are Medline MeSH terms. Keywords are good to use in text searches.

Word used in a Web search.

A word (or statement) that tells swpackage about the structure or content of the software objects being packaged by the user. Packaging information is input to swpackage using a Product Specification File.

A word or words used to query a database and retrieve matching records. Keywords can be words you might expect to find in the title, author, subject, or other fields in the records.

A word or phrase entered into search engines when searching for a product or service.

A word used to find pages when conducting a search.

These words are found on some cards after the card type. Keywords are sometimes referred to by other cards or by the rules. Some keywords have special rules -- like the Unique, Wizard, Witch and House keywords ( Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff).

A keyword represents a single word in the search string text used by web users to get to your site.

A word used to perform a search on search engines.

A word in a record that may be used for retrieval. In many databases, this means any word (other than stop words) that occurs in the searchable fields of a record.

any word or phrase associated with a record in a database that is indexed for searching

A significant or focus word selected by the searcher to locate materials in electronic databases. Keywords are drawn from a person's natural vocabulary and allow you to type in any word you think defines your topic. Keywords are not the same as subject headings. Subject headings or descriptors are drawn from a prescribed list of controlled vocabulary that is made by someone else. To do a subject search you must first look in the list of headings to determine which existing subjects are used for your topic and then search by those precise subjects.

the use of a significant word or combination of words when searching the book catalog or journal databases to help find a book or article on a topic.

Keywords are significant words, generally from the title, abstract or text of a work, which are most representative of the subject matter. They are used to identify the content of a document and are often used in searches.

significant search term used to find information in a database. A keyword may appear in the author, title, series, subject or content note fields.

A word, reserved by Pascal, for special use. Such as the program keyword which is reserved for declaration of the program name. Keywords cannot be used for any other purpose. They are also sometimes called reserved words. Back to where you were

A word or term, chosen by the user, that best summarizes the information being sought. A user can search the library catalog or other database for either a single keyword or a combination of keywords in order to retrieve records containing the keyword(s). For more information and examples -- Andersen Library Catalog Tutorial: Search by Keyword See also -- Database See also -- Record

A significant word in the title, abstract or text of a work. Controlled keywords can be added to a publication by a librarian.

The word (or words) a user types in when presented with a search box. On a search engine, for example, a keyword is the term or phrase that you type in to begin an online search. The term keyword also appears in a meta tag as part of the HTML code on a Web site. Keywords are the series of words enclosed in this tag, and often comprise a list of terms in order to help the search engines readily identify and better index the Web site.

A single word or phrase used to help identify the purpose of a website.

A primitive word used in a script written in the PCRaster modelling language. It is a word which has a special meaning in the PCRaster modelling language. It is typed in lower case. See Also: PCRaster modelling language, script.

A word or phrase that a user believes is relevant to the information he or she is seeking. The user enters keywords into an online search form. The search engine then examines each record in its database to find those documents that match the keywords. A keyword search(as opposed to a concept search) is a search for documents containing one or more words specified by the user.

An index entry that identifies the policy in a search.

A word used by a search engine user to find a site

A keyword is a word or phrase that best descibes a web site and the services or products being sold or the information contained on the site.

A word or multi-word phrase that users enter into a search engine to find information, products or services online. Advertisers select and bid on keywords that are relevant to their products or services. Depending on the amount you bid for a keyword, your listing will appear in search results when interested people search the Web for what you offer.

Word or words used in a search query. For example, if you wanted to find a Web page on India, you might type India as the keyword.

A word that people may type into a search window to find related information, services, or consumer products. For example a person may search for "fruit" and find results which point to websites which have something to do with fruit, such as growing, buying, health properties, etc. Within a website important keywords should be placed in the keyword tag in the meta tags and throughout the content.

Users enter keywords or phrases into a Website/intranet's Search Engine, which returns results of pages that containing the keyword's.

the word or phrase that a person types into the search line of a search engine to find useful web sites on the Internet. Also, from the SEM point of view, keywords are the foundation of search engine marketing upon which both paid search and natural search initiatives are built. Careful keyword selection is therefore central to the success of any SEM effort.

A word you use when looking for information within a search engine. For example, to find information about cowboys, use the keyword cowboys in the search box.

Any word in an electronic database which is indexed to allow its location(s) in the database to be identified on-screen at the user's command. On CD-ROM discs, more than 99 percent of all words are keywords. (7/96)

A descriptive or significant word in a Web document.

This is a single word that is used to identify the subject or purpose of a web page.

Like a search term, but a single word.

The GIL online catalog (as do most online databases) includes a keyword search option which allows users to type keywords describing their topic, in any order. After you select Keyword Searching, the GIL system will retrieve all the records containing the keywords typed. See also: Boolean searching.

A word that someone types into a search engine in order to look for websites containing that word. Example: If you were looking for a barber shop in Los Angeles, "barber," "haircut," and "Los Angeles" might all be keywords. If you were a barber and had a website you would probably want those same keywords to appear on your web pages.

These words should appear on the first page of you Web site and allow search engines and browsers to easily locate you Web site. They also allow these search engines to easily categorize your Web site so that people looking for information on a particular subject will easily find your site.

Word(s) that web users type into a search query box to find specific content.

A word that is searched for in a search command. For instance, "management".

A word typed in a search box on a search site to locate information on the Internet.

The word(s) used to describe a search term. A keyword is used to optimize domains when parking (See Optimization) in an effort to monetize traffic by providing links to relevant content.

A word used in search engines and directories to define search parameters.

An attribute of the META tag within HTML coding that provides descriptive words of what the site provides. These words are used by search engines to index a site and rank search results.

The term used to initiate a search. “Widgets,” when entered into a search engine would provide pages containing the keyword “widgets.

Important word used to describe a subject.

1) A way of searching a database using your vocabulary instead of the system's controlled vocabulary. 2) The most important word(s) in a title. Example: in the title Passage to India, the keywords are Passage and India.

Type of search in which the word is searched almost everywhere in the database. Keyword is the broadest kind of search and usually retrieves the most number of hits.

a word used by search engines to index web pages.

The everyday words that people enter in search engines to find information, products and services. Keywords form part of a search engine query.

A single word alluding to a subject to help you search through databases and on-line services.

word used to formulate a search

A word that is given a special meaning within C++ with the consequence that it may not be used as the name of anything. This is a stronger limitation than being a reserved word.

A word in the DCL command line that specifies one element of the DECdocument command syntax. Unlike the keyword argument, you can truncate a keyword to save keystrokes. For example, to use the doctype keyword SOFTWARE.POCKET_REFERENCE, you can enter SOF.POC.

A word you type into a search engine to tell it what sort of information you are looking for

Words used for search queries.

Terms entered into the search field of a web search engine. See also organic search and PPC.

A term that a computer can recognise and use to begin a search.

The word or phrase that a user searches for. An example of a keyword would be "click" or "pay per click." A keyword can be more than one word long.

a significant word in the title, abstract, or text of a work; some periodical indexes identify keywords in a separate data field, so that they can be searched without searching the full text of the document. Some indexes use keywords in place of assigning standard subject headings to items.

a word you enter into a search engine to begin the search for specific information or web sites.

A word or words that describe something or specify search criteria. The keywords basket, hoop, dribble, and freethrow describe the game of basketball. Keywords can be searched for in documents or menus. Internet search tools utilize the keywords you provide to track down links to the information you are looking for online.

A search term used in the most common methods of Internet research. People using search engines type in one or several keywords to describe the topic they're researching, similar to searching a traditional library by subject.

A keyword is something that a visitor may enter when searching for a site. For example, if you wanted to find the DDA web site, you could enter 'DDA' or 'DDA Computer Consultants' to find us. The more specific you are, the better the chances of finding the site. When planning your site, it is important that you list all the keywords and phrases that you feel your visitors may use when searching for your site. DDA will register these keywords with search engines to help improve the chances that your site will be found.

word or phrase used to perform a search.

A significant or descriptive word used as a search term; keywords are usually those in the title, abstract or other field.

A word or phrase that relates to the content of a Web site. Search engine users use these words to search for relevant information.

A word or phrase used in cataloguing or bibliographic databases to describe a subject. Sometimes called a descriptor.

The most important word, or words, that are specified in a search for information on the Internet. The use of keywords in searching is dealt with in Module 1.

A keyword is a word a Search Engine user may use to find your website. If your website doesn't contain the keyword then you probably won't be returned in the search results.

A word used to search the Internet. Keywords can be combined using boolean operators to refine searches

A keyword refers to a word or phrase of words that are seminal. Keywords are important in computers because keywords are often used in searches.

General term used to define the main topic of a page. Synonymous with search term. A group of keywords used together in a phrase is called a keyword phrase. Google looks for keywords on a page that match searched-for terms.

A significant word ( or combination of words ) in the abstract, title, subject headings, or text of an entry in an electronic resource ( online catalog, database ) used as a search term.

A single word (like travel) prospects would type into a search query box to find products and services like yours. Although keyphrases contain individual keywords, optimization for keywords is not recommended.

Usually refers to a word or phrase typed into a browser to begin an online search.

A word, a phrase or a group of words, possibly combined with other syntax used to instruct a search engine or a directory in order to identify specific web pages.

a word used as a reference point for further information or as an indication of the contents of a document. Often with special significance in the context of a computer database or programming or command language

a keyword is an identifier which has been reserved for core language usage. Some common keywords are: else, end, goto, if, print, return, switch, then, while, etc. There are usually restrictions about reusing keywords as names for user-defined objects such as variables or procedures. Languages vary as to what is provided as a keyword and what is a library routine, for example some languages provide keywords for input/output operations whereas in others these are library routines. A keyword is a featured word of a technical article. Some publications specify a fixed set of keywords from which those for a particular article should be chosen. Keywords are a feature of the ISP America Online; which allow one to bypass URLs. References FOLDOC.

A word with a special, predefined meaning for the assembler. Keywords cannot be used as identifiers.

A word or symbol recognized as part of the VBScript language; for example, a statement, function name, or operator.

(1) In text editing and database management systems, a keyword is an index entry that identifies a specific record or document.(2) In programming, a keyword is a word that is reserved by a program because the word has a special meaning. Keywords can be commands or parameters. Every programming language has a set of keywords that cannot be used as variable names. Keywords are sometimes called reserved names .(3) A word used by a search engine in its search for relevant Web pages.

a word or phrase that describes the asset.

"One of the significant and informative words in a title or document that describes the content of that document." (2)

A word used in a search command.

A word with particular importance to the theme of a site. For example if a web site provides information about Formula 1 racing then important keywords would be 'Ferrari', 'Monaco', 'Schumacher' etc...

A word that is used in a search engine query. Optimizing a site involves researching the keyword or keyword phrases that users enter to find websites, then optimizing a website around those terms. See also keyword phrase, query, and search term.

(1) A word used as part of a search query; (2) A word or phrase used for targeting an ad in a program such as Google AdWords.

A word searched for in a search command. Keywords are searched in any order. Use spaces to separate keywords in simple keyword searching. To search keywords exactly as keyed (in the same order), see PHRASE.

The word or words that relate to a particular topic. Keywords or phrases are used to construct a search statement to find information.

Words that succinctly describe the topic being researched (see also: Phrase)

significant word(s) used in a search of multiple fields in a record. For example, to find the title of a book on small animal surgery, keywords could be small, animal, and surgery.

The word or phrase you enter into a search engine to try to find the pages you want.

The word or phrase that the advertiser anticipates to be used by the searcher either partly or exactly. Compare with Search Term. The match type determines whether a partial match or a full match will cause the ad to be displayed. The term "keyword" is also used synonymously with the search term.

The word(s) that define the concept you are searching for when using a search engine. To have the engine search two or more words together, use a phrase in quotes, i.e. "carpal tunnel syndrome".

The words a search engine collects from web pages and looks up when you do a search. Most web pages have keywords hidden in their HTML code for indexing by a search engine.

Keywords or phrases or search terms are Individual words that construct a search statement to find related information. The search engine examines each record in its database to find documents that match the keywords entered by user. This is also an addressing scheme alternative to URLs.

In the electronic research environment, keywords are words which may appear in any part of the record, sometimes even in the full-text of the document. Keywords can be from the article title, summary, periodical title and abstract. Read the Help screens for the database being searched to determine which fields are being searched.

Specified words used in text search engines.

A word or words which can be searched for in documents or menus. Often used by search engines to detect the relevance of a page to a search.

A significant word (or sometimes phrase) related to a publication (i.e., a word in a title, a subject word, etc.) which is entered as a search term when searching a database. A keyword search in Quest returns items containing the word(s) entered in the field(s) chosen.

Is a word that is associated with a site or contents of a site. Keywords are used to categorize and search for specific web sites.

A word or phrase used to focus an online search and to target advertising. Advertisers can purchase keywords on search engines to guarantee that their website information is displayed prominently and/or display an associated creative. AdJungle uses Keywords to better match default ads and to help Advertisers find appropriate Publishers.

one or more words typed in a search box in order to search for matches

A word or phrase used to search for website or search for content within a website.

word or phrase which is characteristic for a given concept

A significant word used in a search statement to find matching items in a database. Also called a search term.

In the awk language, a keyword is a word that has special meaning. Keywords are reserved and may not be used as variable names. awk's keywords are: if, else, while, do...while, for, for...in, break, continue, delete, next, function, func, and exit.

a keyword is a significant word that appears somewhere in the title, subject, abstract, or elsewhere in the record of a document. Keywords can be used to search a catalogue, article index, or other type of database.

Java sets aside words as keywords - these words are reserved by the language itself and therefore are not available as names for variables or methods.

Important words describing a specific subject. When you search on the internet the words you type into the search box are keywords.

a search term employed by an Internet user. For example if you have a website providing information about domiciliary services, the keyword that you may wish to emphasise for the sake of a search engine will be 'homecare'. This helps users to easily find a site.

Special target words or phrases for searching the Internet or databases.

A specific word or topic used in a search engine to return resulting documents of related information. May be a topic, author or any other associated term.

Keywords are the targeted words or phrases that are used when searching for a website using a Search Engine.

A word used when searching for information on a computer to tell the computer what you're looking for.

A word that is relevant to a company's products or services.

A word that a user uses to find relevant web page or web pages. If a keyword appears anywhere in the text of your web page, your page will appear in the search results.

A significant or descriptive word used in searching a database or an online catalog for finding information. A "keyword search" will find all occurrences of a word in a database or an online catalog.

These are important words that give information about what comes before or after a word, for example, firstly, secondly, lastly, primarily, in conclusion, et-cetera.

A word or phrase that is commonly used to refer to a particular subject. When working with search engine optimization, marketers work to have their pages rank high for the words that visitors would use to refer to their products and services.

Words and phrases used by search engines to categorize web site content.

Keywords are words or phrases entered into a search engine by people when searching for your website (or a specific page). Each variation, such as plurals or common mis-spellings, is classed as a separate keyword. Phrases can generally be searched for in any word order.

A term that you enter into a search engine when you are looking for something. For example, if you would like to find information about using e-mail properly, you could search for the keyword "netiquette."

A word used to search for or describe information on the Web.

A method of searching a database and retrieving citations containing a word appearing anywhere in the citation. The advantage of keyword searching is that you don't have to know the "proper" subject heading, author, or title under which the material is filed.

A word used by search engines to search for relevant web information.

(term or phrase) - A term or phrase commonly typed into a search engine in order to pull up websites with related content. SEOs research keywords and optimize pages for these keywords.

Word used when performing a search on a search engine.

is a word or phrase to focus an online search.

A pre-defined word within Java. For example, Java knows the word class means something special (the opening line to defining a class), so you can't define a variable named class.

Words or phrases that are searchable in any field of a record.

(a) A word describing a topic or subject. Unlike a subject heading, a keyword is not a form of controlled vocabulary. (b) A word that may form part of a title, author's name, subject heading, or other part of a citation; a keyword search in a database searches across all fields of a record.

1. a word that has a special meaning, or identifies a specific file or document within a program. For example, in the Windows environment, if a user forgot where a particular document was created, he could initiate a search for the document by left clicking on Start then Find, then, Files or Folders. Typing a "keyword" such as a single word from the document's title will prompt a search of all files. 2. When searching for a Web page or information from any of the many search engines, the user will type in a word related to the page or topic. In this case the keyword could be a single word or a phrase.

A word which has a predefined meaning to a 'C' compiler and therefore must not be used for any other purpose.

A descriptive word which denotes key points or characteristics of a document. Also, a word used to form a query in a search engine.

When searching for information inside a database collection, a user needs to tell the software how to identify the desired data. The user enters a word or phrase relevant to the information being sought, and the database software examines each record for a match. Such matches, called "hits", are selected because they contain the entered word or phrase. Keyword searching can be improved by combining with other techniques: Boolean Searching, Proximity Searching, or Vocabulary Control.

A single word or phrase exemplifying the value or meaning of a letter, symbol or picture.

Each Web page should contain a set of keywords - or words used by search engines to locate your page. Use keywords that match your topic or the subject of the page.

the word(s) or phrase(s) you enter into a search engine's search field

A term most often used to describe content on a Web page so that search engines can properly index the page. Keywords are not used any longer by most search...

Those words in a language that have special meaning to the compiler or translator. They usually cannot be used as variable names. FORTRAN and PL/I are exceptions. They are the same as reserved words. In the C language, some keywords are: if, while, for, switch, continue, break.

a search that looks at every word in a document.

Important word or phrase that is input to conduct searches on online search engines and databases to find all related results.

A word that has meaning to a programming language. In Informix SQL, keywords are shown in syntax diagrams in all uppercase letters. They must be used in SQL statements exactly as shown in the syntax although they can be in either uppercase or lowercase letters.

In Tarot, a word that summarizes a meaning of a card, especially a divinatory meaning.

A word you might use to search for a Web site. For example, searching the Web for the keyword "web design" might lead to New Blood, Inc.

search term A word used by a search engine in its search for relevant Web pages.

A word used in a query . In SEO , pages are typically optimized for specific keywords. Keywords are targeted based on what users looking for the specific information or product are most likely to use as part of a query. Accurate keyword targeting is considered by most to be essential to effective SEO.

A word used in a performing a search. Keyword Density - A measure of how frequently a given keyword appears within a given web page. Keyword marketing - Putting your message in front of people who are searching using particular keywords and key phrases.

A word occurring in the natural language of a document that is considered significant for indexing and retrieval.

The most significant words in a topic, book, article title, or record, etc.

A word or words used to search for information. When a key word is entered into a search engine, it directs it to look for all documents containing that keyword.

Words or phrases entered into a search engine which produce relevant results. The more targeted the keyword, the greater the relevance of the list of results. In some cases, websites will show advertisements based on keyword targeting, only showing an advertiser's banner when a specific keyword or phrase is entered.

A word or phrase used in a search engine to query a particular subject or theme.

Word or phrase (sometimes called a keyword phrase in that case) a Web searcher uses to find pages when doing a Web search. Web sites emphasize important keywords in their copy and meta keyword tags. They also bid on them to have their banners and paid links appear at a search site's results page.

A keyword is a word or a phrase that has been used to classify content.

Keyword is the term used for words included in a web page or search system that would match words used by web surfers in finding aweb page (via a search engine). Selecting keywords, that match your target audiences' use of the web is a critical marketing assignment.

Term entered into a search engine to make up a query. For example 'europe travel'.

The most significant words in a topic, book or article title, etc. Keywords are used as terms when searching databases. [| Up to K| Down to M | Bottom

Keywords are the most important terms or words in your research topic. For example, if your topic is "missionary work in Africa as represented in colonial and postcolonial literature," your keywords would probably be missionary, Africa, colonial, postcolonial, and literature. A keyword search is usually the best way to begin a topic search in Blais or a database.

A type of indexing that uses distinctive words or phrases in a title as "subject headings". For example, "The Teddy Bears Go On a Picnic" would be indexed under the keywords teddy bears, bears, and picnic.

When referring to a search function, a keyword is a word or group of words that help the search locate a better match for their search. It is important to use keywords that relate directly to your business in the body of your text.

A word or series of words that describe a page or site.

a) In the search engine section keywords are words that are used to search for a topic. Also called 'search terms'. b) In the metadata section, keywords are subject metadata terms. [ii

A singular word or phrase that is typed into a search engine search query. Keyword mainly refers to popular words which relate to any one website. For example web site about real estate could focus on keywords such as House, or phrases such as Home for Sale.

A specific word or group of words (keyword phrase) that a Web searcher might type in when searching for the product or service that a Web site offers. For example, possible keywords for a site selling apples would be "apple," "red apple" and "green apple."

The search term that users use to search in search engines. For example, someone who wants to find a site that sells dog food might enter 'dog food' in a search engine.

is a type of search that will include all fields in a database.

A word that you use in order to find an item when searching an electronic database.  Keywords are not the same as subject headings, and often are not as effective in locating relevant documents.  Using a thesaurus can help identify appropriate search words.

A word or phrase used identify the content of Web Pages or used in a Search in a Search Engine (a WWW node) or Directory to find sites related to a topic of interest. Dependent upon the URL protocol. Had known limitations when used in large domain managed networks but pressed into the Internet schema. Search Engine output where millions of records are produced with repeated site listing and mixed results is an example of the limited capability.

A word or phrase assigned to one or more articles as a means of indexing those articles. All keywords in the current data file are displayed in the Index Window. Keywords are used to retrieve related items. For a detailed discussion of keywords, see About Keywords and the Index.

Synonym for reserved word.

A word indicating a main term or concept or subject discussed in a document; used in searching catalogues and databases.

A word or phrase that is relevant to the information being sought. Once entered into a database search facility, each database record is examined to find those documents containing that specific word or phrase.

A word or phrase which describes the information being sought, usually used when searching the Internet for information on a particular topic.

A term or phrase used by directories and search engines to retrieve World Wide Web pages and other material on the Internet.

searching by any word or phrase. For example, if you want information on how personnel management works in Japan, keywords would be "personnel," "management," and "Japan."

a significant term found in a document, its title or index words used to describe the document.

A word or phrase used to conduct a search. You can type a word or phrase into the search box which summarises what you want to find. The search is designed to find results which contain or 'match' the keyword(s) (in any order) and retrieve related information.

A word you might use to search for a Web site. For example, searching the Web for the keyword "Dictionary" or "Terms" might help you find this site.

Any word, or phrase, that has particular significance to the content of your website. When someone uses a search engine to find information you have, your website should be suggested in response to the search query when your keywords are used.

A word that explains the subject of a page. Used by search engines to find corrct pages.

The highest level term in Keyword AAA. See also Business function. A common data element name in a retrieval interface where the user enters text as a single word, multiple words or a phrase.

A word you might use to search for a website. For example, searching the Web for the keyword "parents" might help you to find this site.

keyword is a database index entry that identifies a specific record or document. Keyword searching is the most common form of text search on the web. Most search engines do their text query and retrieval using keywords. Unless the author of the web document specifies the keywords for her document (this is possible by using meta tags), it's up to the search engine to determine them. Essentially, this means that search engines pull out and index words that are believed to be significant. Words that are mentioned towards the top of a document and words that are repeated several times throughout the document are more likely to be deemed important.

A word or phrase that is used in the Search or Find function.

Word found within search results.

in an electronic index or database, a word, code, or phrase that identifies a record or document and can be used in sorting or searching. Keywords can be combined together using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT.

the significant words or phrases used when someone is searching for your product or service; some keywords are visible and others are hidden within the coding of the page

A word or 2-3 word phrase that forms (part of) a search engine query.

A word that conveys subject content in a search for library resources. Keywords are found in titles, notes, abstracts, summaries, descriptions, and subjects.

In a program based on pattern matching, a keyword is a word in the input sentence which determines the actions to be taken. In a simple program such as ELIZA, recognition of a keyword may completely determine the response of the program; in more sophisticated programs the keyword may determine the context in which further analysis is undertaken.

A keyword is the solution to a minor puzzle, such as a riddle, which requires a single word answer. All keywords are nouns. If the word you think is the answer may take either a singular or plural form, you should always use the singular.

A single word used to help identify the purpose of a web site.

Keywords are the terms that users enter into the search box of a search engine. Consequently, these are the word(s) you should choose to use in your pay-per-click campaign. Depending upon the company and the size of the campaign, the number of keywords used can range from a few to thousands.

or Key Phrase - a word (or phrase) typed into a search, producing web pages that contain that word or phrase.

A specific word or group of words (keyword phrase) that a web searcher might type in when searching for the product or service that a Web site offers. For example, possible keywords for a site selling financial bonds would be "Notes," "Treasury Bills" and "Bonds".

A word used in a performing a search. Generally visitors search for phrases instead of single words to locate the required information.

Word used in an information retrieval search to find a particular word in an author, title, abstract or subject field. This is especially useful when the word is not used as a recognized subject term within the index being searched.

Descriptive words or phrases that help specify a concept when using a search engine.

A word used to identify content for search or classification purposes.

A word or phrase used to conduct a search. You can type a word or phrase into the search box which what you want to find, e.g. 'school' or 'job centre'. The search is designed to find results which contain the 'keyword' (in any order) and retrieve related records.

keywords are used by Search Engine surfers to find the information (web pages) they are looking for. Most surfers need to combine several keywords into a key phrase, to narrow down the search.

A word or phrase used by a Search Engines in its search for relevant web pages. It is critical to have the right keywords in your online campaign. As a Webxites customer, we will make sure the keywords are up to date and are actively search by end-user-customers.

The term or phrase used with search engines or data bases to define a search.

words used by Web surfers to describe what they are looking for on the internet. Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) - provide limited liability to their members, however are taxed like a partnership, preventing double taxation. LLCs can be formed in every state. An LLC is formed upon filing articles of organization with the proper state authorities and paying all fees. LLCs are a relatively new entity in the United States, gaining more widespread acceptance during the early 1990's, although the concept has long been used internationally.

This is a word or phrase that a person types into a search engine in order to find something. Keywords are the foundation of search engine marketing. Your pay-per-click campaigns are based on getting your adverts to appear for the keywords you think your target audience is most likely to use. In addition, your search engine optimisation efforts will ensure that your website features the most important keywords for your business.

A word or phrase typed into a search engine in order to find web pages that contain that word or phrase. A web page can (and should be) optimized for specific keywords/phrases that are relevant to the content on that page.

A search phrase used in a search engine.

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A keyword is any word that could be used by someone in a search engine to help them find what they are looking for. Multiple keywords make up keyword phrases which are used in search queries. It is crucial to make sure that you chose the correct keywords when designing and developing a website so that its easier for the people searching for your products to find your company. More Information on Keyword Research

A word entered in the query window of a search engine. Online users of Science magazine can search for specific research articles based on a keyword. Advertisers can purchase keywords so that an ad server will show ads designed to appeal to users interested in specific topics.

A word or phrase that a user types into a search engine when looking for specific information.

A significant word or phrase in the title, subject headings, contents notes, abstract, or text of a record in an online catalog or database which can be used as a search term in a free-text search to retrieve all the records containing it.

The use of a significant word or words when searching an automated catalog, indexes, and/or electronic databases. (Unit 4 A Primer on Databases and Catalogs; Unit 5 The Great GALILEO; Unit 6 GIL)

A word which sums up or is related to your research subject.

The actual word or words a person types into a search engine to search. In SEA, keywords are linked to advertisements and bought through an auction.

A word (function, constant, or command) recognized by Visual Basic. You can't use keywords to name user-defined structures such as variables or constants (see name collision).

These are the targeted words and phrases that are selected for a PPC campaign which marketers then purchase to drive traffic to a Web site. Selection of these words and knowing which ones will be attractive to a target audience are key to the success of a PPC campaign.

Words entered into a search form that represent a topic in which you are interested in.

A term or phrase used on a search engine to find the most relevant web pages. Usually not a single word.

The search term that a user may enter at a search engine. For example, someone who wants to find a site that sells printer paper might enter 'printer paper' at a search engine.

One type of search that you can perform in a database or online catalog is a keyword search. Keywords are important words found in the title, text, or abstract. A keyword search allows you to use natural language and Boolean operators.

A word or phrase that you type in when you are searching for information in the search engines.

A name element or word used in a search expression. For example, for the place name "Sena Julia," "Sena" is one keyword and "Julia" is another.

(1) A significant or memorable word or term in the title, abstract or text of an item that indicates its subject; (2) a type of search method which retrieves search terms from anywhere in the record. (See also Free-text).

A significant word in a title or text that describes the content of text.

A keyword is a word or phrase that users will use when performing a search. To obtain best results, your website should target keywords. Your overall site theme should target similar keywords. Competition is fierce for popular keywords such as finance, business, website and so on.

Any identifying unique word or number that can be used to search for item(s) in the HUD Direct Distribution on-line Catalog.

One of as many words as you like which could be used to describe a photo to help you find it, and all the others like it, in future. See Classify.

A specific word that identifies search parameters to a search engine. Most keywords in MSN Search specify search parameters only when the keyword is combined with other words. For example, if the site: keyword precedes a website address, you will get results from that site only.

A word of phrase that you would type to describe or search for information in search directories. Keyword(s) indicate the subject of an article, magazine, web page, document, etc.

The term or phrase that a user types in the search box of a search engine, in order to receive more information that relates to that term/phrase.

an online searching option that retrieves every record containing each search term found anywhere in the record. Although many database search engines apply keyword to the entire full-text of every document, some will limit their keyword search to a combination of specific fields like author, title, descriptor and abstract rather than the entire text.

A word that is part of a DBMS’s command vocabulary. The SQL-92 standard has defined a large number of keywords. Some are reserved, which means that they cannot be used for another purpose within an SQL statement unless delimited, and some aren’t. Cloudscape has its own additional keywords.

Word(s) in the title, abstract or other field of a bibliographic record which is used as a search term.

a word that appears on a web page, or in META data, that is used by search engines to identify relevant URLs

A specific word or phrase for which to search.

retrieves material which matches the words in your search phrase wherever those words appear in the information about the item. Keyword searches can match words anywhere in the record or be restricted to certain parts of the record, i.e., title, author, subject

A single word typed into a search engine query. Also a single word that accurately describes the contents of a single web page or web site.

Words associated to the ad, that when are written in the search box make it appear.

a word that has some sort of predefined meaning in the context of a programming language

The most significant word in the abstract, title, or text of a work which is used as a search term.

A word which your customers search for and which you use frequently on your site in order to be relevant to those searches. This use known as targeting a keyword. Most websites actually target ‘keyword phrases' because single keywords are too generic and it is very difficult to rank highly for them.

A word used to search for information on a particular topic.

A word that is entered into the search form or search "window" of an Internet search engine to search the Web for pages or sites about or including the keyword and information related to it.

A single word used to help identify the theme of your website.

words that describe your Web site as well as words that visitors may use to find your Web site. "boat" "shoes" "cars" are all examples of keywords.

The term(s) entered into a search engine that are used to find a particular website. Keywords are also the descriptive words provided by the website owner to Pace for the purposes of submission of the site to the search engines to aid categorisation of the website.

Words and phrases included in a Web page matching those users are likely to employ in searching.

1. a reserved word in a programming language which indicates a special command or operation. 2. a word used to access a particular section of AOL. The Macromedia forum on AOL is available at keyword "Macromedia". See GO.

The word(s) aka “search terms” that the visitor types into the search engine. These terms need to match those that are prevalent on your Website pages or those you have bid for onm a PPC search engine.

any word in an item's record. In an electronic index or database, keywords can be combined together using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT.

A word which relates to a topic of interest. Keywords are often entered into search engine forms to locate resources of interest on the Internet. Anna was interested in becoming a private pilot, and entered the keywords +flying +instruction +Cessna into a search engine form on the web. The plus (+) signs are used by some search engines to indicate the words MUST be found on the pages retrieved by the engine.

Any word or words a user enters in the Search box with the Keyword radio button selected. A defined keyword is a keyword that has been added through Priority Manager and is available for association with a listing. A sponsored keyword is a keyword that is associated with an advertiser's listing.

(1) A word that has a specific meaning in a computer language, such as SQL, and therefore cannot be used except in that context. See also reserved word. (2) Additional term that can be added to document records and used in searching. Typically a keyword would be used for classification of documents or to control the search vocabulary.

A keyword is a database index entry that can identify a specific record or document. Keyword searching is the most common form of text search on web. Most search engines do their text query and retrieval using keywords. Unless the author of a web document specifies keywords for his document (this is possible by using meta tags), it's up to search engines to determine. Basically , search engines pull out and index words that are believed to be significant and the words that are mentioned towards the top of a document and those that are repeated for several times throughout the document are more likely to be deemed important.

A significant word in the title, abstract, or text of a document which is used as a descriptor.

A method of searching an OPAC or CD-ROM index for all occurrences of a word or phrase within the database.

A keyowrd is a singular or multiple word pharse used to narrow an online search.

A keyword is an identifier which indicates a specific command. Many times the keyword is restricted to that core language usage, in which case it is also considered a reserved word.

Words used in computer commands to specify arguments or parameters, for example NAME="Amiga", where NAME is the keyword.

"To find content, we extract some of the less common words from a document and index them back to their location in the document."

(1.) A predefined word in a programming language. A reserved word. (2.) In programming languages, a lexical unit that characterizes some language construct. A keyword normally has the form of an identifier. (3.) A name or symbol that identifies a parameter. (4.) Part of a command operand that consists of a specific character string.

A word that a search engine user might use to find relevant web page(s). If a keyword doesn't appear anywhere in the text of your web page, it's highly unlikely your page will appear in the search results (unless of course you have bid on that keyword in a pay-per-click search engine). See also: AdWords, Alt Tag, Anchor Text, Body Copy, Heading Tag, Hidden Keywords, Hyperlink Text, Inbound Links, Key phrase (or keyword phrase), Keyword Density, Keyword Popularity, Keyword Prominence, Keyword Research, Keyword Rich, Keyword Stuffing, Meta Description, Meta Keywords, Search Engine Positioning

A word which forms (part of) a search engine query.

A word used to search a library database, a Web site, or the Internet. Keyword searches locate results by matching the search word to an item in the medium being searched. Keyword searches often search very broadly through many database fields. However, researchers who perform a keyword search using terms that are different from those used in the database may not retrieve all of the information in the database related to their topic. For example, a search using the keyword third world will find items containing that term but may not include related items using the term developing countries. See also descriptors. up to directory

An essential or definitive term that can be used for indexing data, for later search and retrieval.

A single word or group of words a user types into the search box when doing online research on a search engine. In a commercial context, a keyword is the word that is bought by an advertiser through a bidding process. Also referred as 'Search Term.'

A significant word in a document that helps to define the content of the document.

particularly associated with ‘free-text’ databases, an important word within text which is marked to ease retrieval. A search using a keyword will display each individual record containing it.

A keyword to be used for résumé indexing and searching

A word or words that describe something or specify search criteria. The keywords goal, player, soccer, or soccer ball could describe the game of soccer. Keywords can be searched for in documents or menus. Internet search tools utilize the keywords you provide to track down links to the information you are looking for online.

search term that can be retrieved from anywhere in a record, title, subject, abstract, etc.

A keyword is a significant or descriptive word or phrase on a web page which is used for indexing and searching documents.

a word used to identify items containing that word; used for locating materials in online indexes and catalogs.

In computer programming, a keyword is a word or identifier that has a particular meaning to the programming language. The meaning of keywords -- and, indeed, the meaning of the notion of keyword -- differs widely from language to language.

In corpus linguistics a keyword is a word which occurs in a text more often than we would expect to occur by chance alone. Keywords are calculated by carrying out a statistical test (e.g. loglinear) which compares the word frequencies in a text against their expected frequencies derived in a much larger corpus, which acts as a reference for general language use. Ant Conc is a freely available text analysis tool capable of calculating keywords.

A symbol preceded by a colon (:mode,:value, and so forth).

Most often refers to a feature of text editing and database management systems; a keyword is an index entry that correlates with a specific record or document.

An index entry in a Database that identifies a document or record.

See command keyword.

An identifier used to categorize conversations.

An identifier with a trailing colon, such as ifTrue: . Keywords are used in keyword message

(1) A name or symbol that identifies a parameter. (2) The part of a command operand that consists of a specific character string (such as DSNAME=).

A kind of token, used for names/identifiers reserved by Java with immutable meanings.