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Page names are used to title pages, to navigate to pages, to search for pages, and for things like transclusion and substitution. Page names also conveniently serves as link names in wikitext, if enclosed in double square brackets, like [[Page name]]. If a page is moved, the page name will also move.
If your search matches a page name exactly, search will navigate to the page directly instead of showing search results. To get search results instead, prepend the first word of the search string (i.e., the page name) with a tilde ("~"). (Or choose "Search for pages containing" from the suggestions that drop down as you type.)
Page name is also different from file name because whereas "file name" and "filename" mean the same thing, "page name" and "pagename" do not always mean the same thing. But pagename is very similar in meaning to "web page title" in that both terms reference the title of a subject, which is a variable for a given author.
An indexed search instantly concludes with all search result titles, without having to search the wiki itself. Each word you see in a page's content (a title's content) is already in an index, where it points to all its other prearranged results. A word is indexed to a list of page names, where it is seen in the text, or it is seen in the title ...
To get Wikipedia search results while on any web page, you can temporarily set your browser's (web-based) search box to interface the Wikipedia search engine and land on Wikipedia's search results page. This trick removes the need to first navigate to Wikipedia from a web page, and then do the search or navigation. It is a temporary change, and ...
Basically, to use the search box to navigate directly to a page or section of a page name: Enter the page name (the entire title shown on the top line). Enter the redirect name, shortcut name, or pseudo-pagename. Navigate to a section of a page by appending the "#" character, as in Page name#section heading.
Fragaria vesca, commonly called the wild strawberry among other names, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere. The wild strawberry produces edible fruits, which have been consumed by humans since the Stone Age .
Wikipedians often refer to internal Wikipedia pages by shortcut names to make typing quicker. The Wikipedia namespace prefix can also be further abbreviated as WP:. These shortcut pages are just redirects to the target page. For example, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view can be written as WP:NPOV to link to it, or typed into the search bar ...