search device:
... a computer program or application that
takes instructions to look through a database or document(s) for
specified keywords and returns search results;
computer software combined with hardware for searching online.
Perhaps the best example to use is a search engine.
The Network provides access to search engines. For example,
go to Search Engines of the World to find Asian search tools. A special
device is available for searching the Global Directory of Contacts for
the names of people and places taking capitalization into account. The
GRC is a resource for global enterprise and economic development as well
as site selection. You can use the search engine below to Google
the Web or query .network websites.
something useful for searching, for example,. the page-search
tool available on a typical browser's toolbar; a search
engine. Webopedia.com
offers a definition
of search engines that sets them apart
from other search tools. The search
device itself
is an application or program that
takes instructions from its user.
Arguably a computer document featuring a search
device may be referred as a tool (one definitions
of tool point out that it is simply something used in the
performance of an operation). Using
a search device brings about search
results which are listed in a type of document that may
be defined as a search tool or, at least, an item in the search
sequence which is part of the experience of conducting a online search.
Select search tools from the following pull-down menu. A search engine is a tool—see
the Webopedia
definition of search engines to learn what sets them apart
from other search tools. Pull down the following menu-driven
application and select working examples of search tools.
Some items on the list are actually search resources, for
example, Search Engines of the World provides access to Asian
search engines.
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