CienCe> An element of a searCh or query. A searCh term is the basiC building bloCk of a boolean searCh or a weighted searCh. In a searCh engine a searCh term is typiCally a word, phrase, or pattern matCh expression. For example: Cosmonaut or "spaCe travel" or astronaut* In a database a term is typiCally the Comparison of a Column with a Constant or with another Column. For example: last_name like ' Smith%' (1999-08-27)
