web, tool, information science> A remotely accessible program that lets you do keyword searches for information on the Internet. There are several types of search engine the search may cover titles of documents, URLs, headers, or the full text. {A list of search engines (http://cuiwww.unige.ch/meta-index.html#MISC)}, Centre Universitaire d' Informatique at the University of Geneva (1995-11-28)
