单词 | search function |
释义 | > as lemmassearch function (a) With reference to the retrieval of information from a digital database or the internet (see sense 3c), as search algorithm, search argument, search function, search result, etc. See also search engine n. ΚΠ 1954 Amer. Documentation 5 243/1 There is..no limit..to the extent to which we may apply the principle of defining classes in terms of subclasses and their elements... These possibilities attain considerable importance..in establishing search strategy to employ..automatic electronic equipment to best advantage. 1990 Best's Rev. Nov. 56/1 The search argument was specified incorrectly, causing the program to read the entire database, searching for a match that did not exist. 1991 Computer Weekly 24 Jan. 34 The EMC proprietary search algorithm determines if a record is located in cache much faster than with traditional methods. 2001 Contact May 96/1 The big advantage of electronics over a paper organiser is the search function. 2014 New Yorker 10 Feb. 36/1 ‘Content farms’..analyze which subjects are most frequently Googled, and then churn out material on those subjects so as to end up at the top of search results. < as lemmas |
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