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search engine

Summary

search engine has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • search engine is a type of software[2].
  • search engine is used for information retrieval[3].
  • search engine's Commons category is recorded as Search engines[4].
  • search engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Data search engines[5].
  • search engine's described by source is recorded as search engine optimization[6].
  • search engine's different from is recorded as search engine[7].
  • search engine's uses is recorded as search algorithm[8].
  • search engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9].
  • search engine's Wikimedia outline is recorded as outline of search engines[10].
  • search engine's Thomson Reuters Business Classification is recorded as 667898877[11].
  • search engine's P6009 is recorded as 12708[12].

Body

Definition and Type

search engine is a type of software[2].

Use and Application

search engine is used for information retrieval[3].

Why It Matters

search engine has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Elasticsearch Endeca Technologies Inc. Findatour.co Hoogle Jughead Library of Alexandria Microsoft Academic Search NASA Image eXchange OpenAI OpenSearch Palladia Search appliance Sherlock software Swiftype

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . 1seouzmani.com. 1seouzmani.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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