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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
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)