Search Result for "search engine":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet); 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

search engine
    n 1: a computer program that retrieves documents or files or
         data from a database or from a computer network (especially
         from the internet)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

search engine

    A remotely
   accessible program that lets you do keyword searches for
   information on the Internet.  There are several types of
   search engine; the search may cover titles of documents,
   URLs, headers, or the full text.

   A list of search engines
   (http://cuiwww.unige.ch/meta-index.html#MISC), Centre
   Universitaire d'Informatique at the University of Geneva

   (1995-11-28)