a significant word related to a publication entered as a search Term to find publications in a catalogue or database. The word is applied to any Field in the Record or Reference. Keywords are also used when searching the World Wide Web using Subject Directories or Search Engines. Keywords can be combined using Boolean Operators. Variations on a term can be searched for through the process of Truncation.
A word you designate when you're entering data information into certain kinds of data base applications. Later, when you want to retrieve that information, you type the key word.
Word used in a document search.
The most important, or main, word or words in your topic.
a word that is used as a pattern to decode an encrypted message
a significant word used in indexing or cataloging
a significant or indexing word
a word or phrase that will remind you of an important point later when you review
a word (or short phrase) which describes your topic
a word, phrase, or several various combinations of a phrase with which you use to define your web-sites content
a word that appears only once in the material
a word that, when used in combination with other words, is unique to that particular word combination
a word used when performing a search Keywords are used by Web surfers to describe what they hope to find when performing a Web search
Words, included in the text body of the webpage or/and in the designated sections of the source code to indicate the main topic of the page. If represented in all the relevant areas of the page, keywords make it possible to find this page in the search engines and influence the ranking of the page in the search results.
Used by search engines to index pages. For instance, you might develop a web page using the key word "marketing". The idea is to sprinkle the word throughout the page in such a way that the Search Engines will rank the page highly whenever someone searches for "marketing".
A word that is central to the subject matter of an item.
A form of on-line advertising linked to Web portals or search engines so an ad appears each time a consumer initiates a search using the key word.
the word or words that designate a degree or level of hazard. Some key words that may be used are very dangerous, high hazards, warning, danger, caution, attention, and notice. Also called signal word.
Word(s) that you use to search for a general topic.
A word you type into a search engine to indicate what pages you would like it to locate for you.
Word used to perform a search