(Or "Boolean query") A query using the Boolean operators, AND, OR, and NOT, and parentheses to construct a complex condition from simpler criteria.A typical example is searching for combinatons of keywords on a World-Wide Websearch engine.Examples:car or automobile"New York" and not "New York state"The term is sometimes stretched to include searches using other operators, e.g. "near".Not to be confused with binary search.See also: weighted search.(1999-10-23)