a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found.
Origin
1990-95
Examples from the web for search engines
These volunteers collect clues and then comb search engines and databases to try to track down owners.
Thanks to search engines, now you can quickly look it up, and that's going to change the way literature is written.
Prospective travelers can use a myriad of flight search engines to narrow down ticket options by date, time, or price.
Using search engines may help stave off dementia and memory loss among older people, according to a new report.
Most of us navigate through links, bookmarks, and increasingly powerful search engines.
There's a whole section on how to optimize keywords for search engines, and another on streamlining text for mobile devices.
search engines also engage in predictive text to figure out what queries users might type in.
Yes, they can find your blog using keywords in search engines.
The immediate purpose of this post is tell search engines where to point when they're asked about intelligent design.
That's why all the big search engines have a page where you can submit a request to have your site removed from their index.
British Dictionary definitions for search engines
search engine
noun
1.
(computing) a service provided on the internet enabling users to search for items of interest
search engines in Culture
search engine definition
Web sites or software that search the Internet for documents that contain a key word, phrase, or subject that is specified by the user to the search engine. Each engine has its own method of searching for information.