30 January, 2008
Week 15
hand up assignment 2...search engine-an information retrieval system designed
`find information stored on a computer system.-minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information which must be consulted.-The most public, visible form of a search engine is a Web search engine
`searches for information on the World Wide Web.-To provide a set of matching items quickly
`a search engine will typically collect metadata about the group of items under consideration beforehand through a process referred to as indexing.EG:SEARCH ENGINES:
yahoo, googleMETA SEARCH ENGINE:
MetaCrawlerSUBJECT DIRECTORY:
galaxy
ConclusionI think that
MetaCrawler is the best search facility among the three of them.
It directly gives the results which I needed.
I was able to retrieve information and complete my research in an organized way.
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