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  2. Full-text search - Wikipedia

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    In text retrieval, full-text search refers to techniques for searching a single computer-stored document or a collection in a full-text database. Full-text search is distinguished from searches based on metadata or on parts of the original texts represented in databases (such as titles, abstracts, selected sections, or bibliographical references).

  3. Sphinx (search engine) - Wikipedia

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    Sphinx is configured to examine a data set via its Indexer. The Indexer process creates a full-text index (a special data structure that enables quick keyword searches) from the given data/text. Full-text fields are the resulting content that is indexed by Sphinx; they can be (quickly) searched for keywords. Fields are named, and you can limit ...

  4. List of computer term etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The term "magic cookie" in turn derives from "fortune cookie", a cookie with an embedded message. Cursor (user interface) - Cursor is Latin for 'runner.' A cursor is the name given to the transparent slide engraved with a hairline that is used for marking a point on a slide rule. The term was then transferred to computers through analogy.

  5. Prairie oyster (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Prairie oyster may refer to: Rocky Mountain oysters, bull testicles eaten as food; Prairie Oyster, a Canadian country band; Prairie oyster (cocktail), a traditional hangover cure; Prairie oyster (slang) - an assemblage of saliva and mucus, a spat out on the pavement.

  6. Jargon File - Wikipedia

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    The Jargon File is a glossary and usage dictionary of slang used by computer programmers.The original Jargon File was a collection of terms from technical cultures such as the MIT AI Lab, the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) and others of the old ARPANET AI/LISP/PDP-10 communities, including Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), Carnegie Mellon University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

  7. PDF - Wikipedia

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    PDF's emphasis on preserving the visual appearance of documents across different software and hardware platforms poses challenges to the conversion of PDF documents to other file formats and the targeted extraction of information, such as text, images, tables, bibliographic information, and document metadata. Numerous tools and source code ...

  8. OpenSearch - Wikipedia

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    OpenSearch is a collection of technologies that allow the publishing of search results in a format suitable for syndication and aggregation.Introduced in 2005, it is a way for websites and search engines to publish search results in a standard and accessible format.

  9. Green's Dictionary of Slang - Wikipedia

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    In 1993 Cassell commissioned Green to create a new dictionary, this time broadening the focus to include slang terms from approximately 1500 onwards, but without citations. The first edition of the single-volume Cassell's Dictionary of Slang appeared in 1998. [5] Cassell immediately commissioned a sequel with full historical quotations as in ...