The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
To look for. Police have powers to search when investigating the commission of offences• Drugs• Police Powers• Warrants
Users can search the FRLI Index, and the full text of instruments where it exists, for specific words or phrases. This is possible as all data is indexed using a powerful full text index and retrieval package. Searches can be executed from either the Quick Search facility or Advanced Search facility (these links appear at the top of most FRLI screens). Use the online "Help" option to find out more on how to search the FRLI database.
Command used in Connexion to send a numeric, derived, or keyword search.
1. Win98: The tab in a Help or Find dialog in which you type keywords to find Help articles containing them. 2. Win XP: The pane in a My Computer window which lets you enter parts of filenames or other information to look for files. 3. The textbox in a Windows Help window in which you type keywords or phrases in order to find Help articles containing them.
A quest for incriminating evidence.
Search is what happens after a queen has clutched her eggs, riders go out and look for potential impressees of the dragonets to come.
this is a board feature where members can choose specific forums to search by keywords or usernames for old posts or information they are interested in finding.
Searching (or finding text) in Citation is very like searching for terms in a document with your word processor, except that you will have a few additional options. You can search for terms in a particular field, for instance, or in the entire record. You could browse through all the records by a certain author, or cases that were decided in a particular jurisdiction, or that contain a term only in the keyword field or title field. Or, if you prefer, you could browse through the records that contain a term anywhere in the record. More on searching text, browsing records containing terms, and selecting subsets of records matching search criteria in Citation.
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
an easy way to find what you're looking for on RSPCA online
a set of discriminators created by the user, plus uncontrolled keywords to match against package descroption fields
Engine - A programmeme which searches the Internet for information and catalogues the findings.
Online, searching means looking for web pages by typing terms into a search engine or web site. You can organize your search terms in three main ways; each one will give a different result… "internet sovereign" If you enter "internet sovereign" in quotation marks, you're specifying that the words appear together and in that order. internet AND sovereign or internet +sovereign Entering the terms separated by AND or +, you are asking only that "internet" and "sovereign" appear on the same page, and not necessarily together or in a certain order. internet sovereign Entering the terms without quotes suggests that finding the terms together as a phrase would be best, but that you'll also accept them anywhere on the page, not just as a phrase. See also Boolean search.
An application that uses user-entered keywords or phrases to find relevant unstructured content. Many search vendors used to perform both Web search (searching the World Wide Web) and enterprise search (selling applications for searching within a corporate Web site); in 2003, most vendors decided that doing both was too difficult --now they usually concentrate on one or the other.
The process of looking for responsive records.
Method of finding a particular data file without having to read all the preceding data. Often done at a different speed than reading and writing. Usually applies to start/stop drives.
A function that allows you to look through a database or document for a word or phrase
After entering a set of keywords, or a query, a search will return a list of auctions containing the entered keywords in either the auction title, the auction description, or both.
The functionality of finding information in documents based on keywords found in the text of those documents or related to the properties of the documents. This is commonly referred to as full-text search. You must create full-text indexes to use full-text search. See also: full-text search, full-text index
process of looking for something.
A place in a web site where you can enter words into a field to try to find the information you are looking for. The words you enter are matched against the words used in the pages of the web site. If a match is found it is listed in a results page. Normally the page that uses your keyword frequently and/or in the title, will be displayed on the top of the list. ()
one of two fundamental methods of finding info on the Web ; two tools to search with: web directory and search engine ; both are powerful software tools that let the searcher match the keywords specified with the most relevant documents on the Web; like using the electronic card catalog to find a book in your library; takes practice, need basic knowledge of subject and associated key terms, need understanding of Boolean logic and of search engine's advanced features for better search results (19)
To look for specific information on the Internet.
Allows you to conduct a search for text within a course. If your instructor has made this tool available, click on it and then indicate what you want to look for and where you want to look. Note that searching is limited to course content and tools that your instructor has added to the course. For example, if the instructor has not added an Index, the Index option will not appear in the Search drop-down list.
A query entered into a search engine in an effort to find documents of a specific nature or topic on the WWW.
The process by which dragonriders look for new candidates to Impress dragonets. The dragons are the ones who choose.
To request that the library look for missing books, journals, etc.
Glossary In this section you will find a glossary of terms relating to the Medical Devices Industry. List of References.
In title industry parlance, a careful exploration and examination of the public records in an effort to find all recorded instruments relating to a particular chain of title.
A method to locate and list Urban Forestry South information (by title) based on a search term (a word or words) entered by a user. Urban Forestry South uses the user's terms to search the title, description, author, and keywords that are associated with all content entered on/in the system (CMS).
A computational process of looking for or carrying out a sequence of actions that lead to desired states.
if a book you need is not on the shelf and the Circulation Services department says that no one has it checked out, you can request a search. The staff will look for the book and will notify you when they find it.
The main goal of classifying photos by adding keywords etc to them is to enable you to find them again. Dintwise provides very powerful searching on open playlists and database which will allow you to find all photos (or indeed any type of file) which meets your search requirements. Your search results are automatically presented as a new playlist which you can save if you wish.
On a web site, a keyword search allows you to key a term into a text box and click on an "Enter", "Submit", or "Go button. The search program then matches your text to that in the web site, and moves you to that matching text.
To look for a specific kind of resource, based on specified keywords or other criteria.
A method for finding a region of interest in a search space.
To seek or to look for something based on the information entered.
The act of looking for something on the Internet. Users can perform a search by entering certain keywords into an Internet search engine.