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Noun: search engine
  1. A computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
    "Google is one of the most popular search engines"

Derived forms: search engines

Type of: computer program, computer programme [Brit], program, programme [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Search engine