1. The Internet
... a database of the full text of web pages selected from the billions of web pages out there residing on servers. When searching the web using a search engine, a somewhat stale copy of the real web page appears. When clicking on the links provided, the server retrieves the current version of the web page. ... Some example search engines are altavista, yahoo, and excite. "A search engine generally ranks the documents that match your search, listing what it thinks are the closest matches first. If you select your search terms effectively, you should be ... able to find Web pages relevant to...
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