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  2. Information retrieval - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_retrieval

    Information retrieval (IR) in computing and information science is the task of identifying and retrieving information system resources that are relevant to an information need. The information need can be specified in the form of a search query. In the case of document retrieval, queries can be based on full-text or other content-based indexing.

  3. Web query - Wikipedia

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    A web query or web search query is a query that a user enters into a web search engine to satisfy their information needs.Web search queries are distinctive in that they are often plain text and boolean search directives are rarely used.

  4. Query - Wikipedia

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    Query, a precise request for information retrieval made to a database, data structure or information system Query language, a computer language used to make queries into databases and information systems; Query string, in the World Wide Web, is an optional part of a URL; Web search query, a query entered by users into web search engines

  5. Query language - Wikipedia

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    A query language, also known as data query language or database query language (DQL), is a computer language used to make queries in databases and information systems. In database systems, query languages rely on strict theory to retrieve information. [1] A well known example is the Structured Query Language (SQL).

  6. Evaluation measures (information retrieval) - Wikipedia

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    Evaluation measures for an information retrieval (IR) system assess how well an index, search engine, or database returns results from a collection of resources that satisfy a user's query. They are therefore fundamental to the success of information systems and digital platforms.

  7. Ranking (information retrieval) - Wikipedia

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    Ranking of query is one of the fundamental problems in information retrieval (IR), [1] the scientific/engineering discipline behind search engines. [2] Given a query q and a collection D of documents that match the query, the problem is to rank, that is, sort, the documents in D according to some criterion so that the "best" results appear early in the result list displayed to the user.

  8. Query expansion - Wikipedia

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    Machine learning based query term weight and synonym analyzer for query expansion. LucQE - open-source, Java. Provides a framework along with several implementations that allow to perform query expansion with the use of Apache Lucene. Xapian is an open-source search library which includes support for query expansion; ReQue open-source, Python ...

  9. Information needs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_needs

    The term information need is often understood as an individual or group's desire to locate and obtain information to satisfy a conscious or unconscious need.Rarely mentioned in general literature about needs, it is a common term in information science.