Words that appear so often in database records that the keyword search system does not search for them. For example, a, an, the, etc. Subject headings, descriptors, or terms Words or phrases from an authority file or thesaurus such a LCSH included in the record to describe what an item is about. Searching the subject headings in a database is more specific than searching by keyword, and is one way to narrow your search.
common words that have no subject content, such as articles (a, an, the) and prepositions (at, by, of, on, with, etc.) and which are usually not needed in an electronic search statement.
Frequently used words which may detract from a search engine producing the most relevant results. These words include the, to, and, what, how, if, in.
Commonly used, short undescriptive words, such as articles and prepositions, for which a database will not perform a search. Use the "Back" button at the top of your screen to return to the previous screen.
Conjunctions, prepositions, articles and other words such as "and," "to" and "a" that are common and have little meaning.
words ignored by search engine during indexing. Common stop word is “theâ€.
in database searching stop words are small and frequently occurring words like and, or, in, of which are often ignored by the database when keyed in as search terms.
Stop words are small words that are not indexed in a database, for example "a", "and", "etc", "in", "of", "on" or "the". Do not put these words in your search as the database will not look for them, even if they are part of a title.
common non-query specific words that are ignored by a search engine when a query is made. These can include words such as I, and, if; depending on how the query is constructed.
Common words that some SEARCH ENGINES leave out when they a page, or words they may not search for during a QUERY. Examples are: "and," "the," "too," etc.
Small, common words, such as the, a, an, of, at, by, etc. which are generally not searchable electronically except under specific conditions. If you are searching a database free-text, do not use these types of words in your strategy. Also called "noise words."
Words that a search engine has been programmed not to search. May include: have, as, that, was. Related to noise.
Stop Words are common words, such as "the," used in so many articles that ProQuest ignores them when it searches for articles. For more information, see the List of Stop Words.
A word that often appears in pages, yet has no significance by itself. Most search engines ignore stop words while searching. Example of stop words are: and, the, of etc. In database searching, "stop words" are small and frequently occurring words like and, or, in, of, that are often ignored when keyed as search terms. Sometimes putting them in quotes " " will allow you to search them. Sometimes + immediately before them makes them searchable.
In database searching, "stop words" are small and frequently occurring words like and, or, in, of that are often ignored when keyed as search terms. Sometimes putting them in quotes " " will allow you to search them. Sometimes + immediately before them makes them searchable. See Table of Search Engine features.
common words removed from search expressions, e.g. the, be, to, and. There may a method of searching for these words but it varies from system to system.
small or frequently used words that are generally overlooked by the index of a search engine
Conjunctions, prepositions and articles and other words such as AND, TO and A that appear often in documents yet alone may contain little meaning.
words such as a, the, to, with, and which are not indexed and therefore not searchable.
This term has been so often confused with Filter Words that it now refers to Filter words most of the time. Words that are censored by search engines. These include the FCC's seven naughty words. Search engines often maintain two databases, one with all the bad stuff to keep away from children, and one for the general public. Adult words are called STOP WORDS by the search engines because the indexer STOPS when it finds one of these words..A stop word is a word that causes an indexer to STOP indexing in the current procedure and do something else. Most common of these, is when an indexer encounters an Adult censored words.
Word ignored by search engines, generally articles, conjunctions, and propositions.
AKA "Filter Words" "Adult Words": These include words along the lines of (the, is, an, of, for, do). As you can imagine, removing these words can save search engines enormous amounts of database space. While in common use this definition is actually a misnomer. Technically a stop word is a word that causes an indexer to STOP indexing in the current procedure and do something else. Most common of these, is when an indexer encounters an Adult (censored) word.
Extremely common words that the search engines will not record. This is done to save space on their servers and to speed up searches. Examples of common stop words include the, a, an, for, and, but, to, and so forth. Sometimes known as filter words.
These are words that an indexing program doesn't index. Usually stop words include articles (a, an, the) and other common words that appear often.
Words that are very commonly used and that search engines are programmed to ignore when used in searches. These are usually very general terms such as of, and, a, the, in, for, on, and many other common words. Ignoring these words allows the search engine to focus more closely on your other keywords.
Stop words, or stopwords, is name given to words which are filtered out prior to, or after, processing of natural language data (text). Hans Peter Luhn, one of the pioneers in information retrieval, is credited with coining the phrase and using the concept in his design and implementation of KWIC indexing programs.