Friday, 26 May 2017

Week 7 : Web Searching

What is World Wide Web?

basically a system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents. The documents are formatted in a markup language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language) that supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio, and video files.



the video shows how search engines work 

There are four types:

Directories
–Search engines
–Meta-search engines
–Yellow pages


What is web browser?

A web browser, or simply "browser," is an application used to access and view websites. Common web browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari.

A Boolean Query is a query that consists keywordsbut with logical operators(AND, OR, NOT).


Image result for boolean queries in searching


How does searching work?

User Interface–Allows you to type a query and displays the results.
• Searcher –The engine searches the database for matching your query. 

• Evaluator–The engine assigns scores to the retrieved information.

•Gatherer–The component that travels the WEB, and collects information.

•Indexer –The engine that categorizes the data collected by the gatherer








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