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Searching and search can refer to the following: Image File history File links Wikibooks-logo-en. ... Wikibooks logo Wikibooks, previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and Wikimedia-Textbooks, is a wiki for the creation of books. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...

Computers and computer science

• Search algorithm
  • Boolean search
  • Tree search
• Search engine
  • Social search
• Web directory

In computer science, a search algorithm, broadly speaking, is an algorithm that takes a problem as input and returns a solution to the problem, usually after evaluating a number of possible solutions. ... Boolean logic is a complete system for logical operations. ... In computer science, tree-traversal refers to the process of visiting each node in a tree data structure, exactly once, in a systematic way. ... A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. ... A social search engine is a type of search engine that determines the relevance of search results by considering the interactions or contributions of users. ... A web directory or link directory is a directory on the World Wide Web. ...

Rescue

• Air-sea rescue
• Missing people
• Search and rescue dog

Royal Navy search and rescue Westland Sea King helicopter Canadian search and rescue EH101 helicopter and Canadian Coast Guard ship For the TV series of this title, see Search and Rescue (TV series). ... A missing person is someone who has disappeared for a long period of time, commonly with no known reason. ... Tracking dogs follow ground scent The use of dogs in search and rescue (SAR) is a valuable component in responding to law enforcement requests for missing persons. ...

Military and police

• Search and seizure
• Detection dog
• Strip search
• Search warrant

Search and seizure is a legal procedure used in many common law whereby police or other authorities and their agents, who suspect that a crime has been committed, do a search of a persons property and confiscate any relevant evidence to the crime. ... A detection dog getting ready to search a car for explosives. ... A strip search is the stripping (removal of clothing, search of person, or personal effects) of a person to check for weapons or other contraband. ... A search warrant is a written warrant issued by judge or magistrate which authorizes the police to conduct a search of a person or location for evidence of a criminal offense and seize the evidence. ...

Entertainment

• The Search (1948 film)
• The Search (DS9 episode)
• Search (TV series)
• Searchin', a Leiber/Stoller song.
• Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man), a 2007 single by the Young Divas.

The Search is a 1948 film which tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each other across postwar Europe. ... The Search is the title of a two-part Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, from the third season. ... Search was a TV-Series that aired on NBC from 1972-1973. ... Searchin was a song written by Leiber and Stoller specifically for The Coasters on the Atco Records label, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. ... Searchin (I Gotta Find a Man) is a dance song written by Ian Stephens, recorded by Hazell Dean for her second album Heart First. ... Young Divas are an Australian girl group consisting of former Australian Idol contestants Paulini Curuenavuli, Emily Williams, and Season 3 winner Kate DeAraugo. ...

Economics

• Job search
• Search theory

Job hunting is the act of looking for employment, possibly due to unemployment. ... In economics, search theory (or just search) is the study of an individuals optimal strategy when facing a series of potential opportunities of random quality and a cost of delaying choice. ...

Miscellenea

• Seeker
• Search for Common Ground
• Novelty search (in patent law)
• Visual search, a type of perceptual task

A Seeker is: a traditional term for a religious pilgrim or one who aspires to enlightenment, Nirvana, Salvation, or God Realization. ... Search for Common Ground [1] (or SFCG) is an international non-profit organization operating in 16 countries whose mission is to transform the way the world deals with conflict – away from adversarial approaches toward cooperative solutions. ... Novelty is a patentability test, according to which an invention is not patentable if it was already known before the date of filing, or before the date of priority if a priority is claimed, of the patent application. ... Visual search is a type of perceptual task requiring attention. ...

See also

• In Search of... (disambiguation)
• Searchlight

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