| Sometimes referred to as seek, search is the process of locating a letter(s), word(s), file(s), website(s), etc. Many operating systems, software programs and websites contain some kind of search or find utility to locate data within the file being worked on or data within other files. Many search or find options contain additional options that allow a user to locate information or files easier, we have listed some of these options that may or may not be available in all programs.
- When searching for a file in many operating systems, using the wild cards.
- Many searches commonly found on websites offer the availability of grouping, for example, text within quotes: "search example", searches for anything containing search next to example, but not search and/or example. Another example of grouping is utilizing a '+' in-between the text, for example: search+example.
Also see: Keyword, Find, Find Fast, Linear search, Retrieve, Search engine, Sort | |
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