Boolean search
<information science> (Or "Boolean query") A query using the
{Boolean} operators, {AND}, {OR}, and {NOT}, and parentheses
to construct a complex condition from simpler criteria. A
typical example is searching for combinatons of keywords on a
{World-Wide Web} {search engine}.
Examples:
car or automobile
"New York" and not "New York state"
The term is sometimes stretched to include searches using
other operators, e.g. "near".
Not to be confused with {binary search}.
See also: {weighted search}.
(1999-10-23)