(information science)An element of a search or query. Asearch term is the basic building block of a boolean searchor a weighted search. In a search engine a search term istypically a word, phrase, or pattern match expression. Forexample: cosmonaut or "space travel" or astronaut*
In a database a term is typically the comparison of a columnwith a constant or with another column. For example:last_name like 'Smith%'