search engine

A search engine is a computer program used to find specific websites on the Internet or to find desired information on the Internet. (noun)

Google is an example of a search engine.

See search engine in Webster's New World College Dictionary

software designed to examine documents, websites, etc. in order to locate items on a specified topic or having a given property

See search engine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A software program that searches a database and gathers and reports information that contains or is related to specified terms.
A website whose primary function is providing a search engine for gathering and reporting information available on the Internet or a portion of the Internet.

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