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Definition of search engine

A program that searches for key words in documents, databases, Internet content or other files.

Computer Science

Other definitions of search engine

A website directory which indexes as many websites as it can and allows you to search its database for sites on particular subjects. Because of the immense size and rate of growth of the world wide web, no-one has a complete directory of all sites which exist. The most popular is- Google, so popular that it’s name has become a verb.

Computer Science