information retrieval
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information retrieval
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- The science of searching for information in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents, or searching within databases, whether relational stand-alone databases or hypertextually-networked databases such as the World Wide Web.
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noun science of searching
| 한국어 | 정보 검색 jeongbo geomsaek |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 情報検索 jōhō-kensaku |
| 中文 | 信息檢索 /信息检索 xìnxī jiǎnsuǒ, 資訊檢索 /资讯检索 zīxùn jiǎnsuǒ |
| Français | recherche d'information |
| Русский | информацио́нный по́иск informaciónnyj póisk |
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@misc{information_retrieval_2026,
title = {information retrieval},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/information%20retrieval},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
