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Answer for the clue "Information retrieval software ", 13 letters:
search engine

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Word definitions for search engine in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context computing English) an application that searches for, and retrieves, data based on some criteria, especially one that searches the Internet for documents containing specified words

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system . The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits . Search engines help to minimize the time required to find ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Each search engine has its own quirks to lean-otherwise you'il waste a lot of time weeding through poor results. ▪ Earlier AltaVista, the search engine portal, reported losses of $ 307m on revenues of $ 98m in the second quarter. ...

Usage examples of search engine.

Densmore's phone number was unlisted, but if you had the right software and search engine, that didn't matter.

A suspect might have mentioned it under interrogation, or the virus had come up in a bugged conversation, or someone whose phone lines were being monitored had typed the name into a computer search engine.

Also, he had seen things you couldn't find on the Internet no matter how big your search engine was.

Virtually every search engine, portal and directory offers access to these or similar services.