search term

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search term - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  search term
  
     <information science> An element of a search or query.  A
     search term is the basic building block of a boolean search
     or a weighted search.  In a search engine a search term is
     typically a word, phrase, or pattern match expression.  For
     example: cosmonaut or "space travel" or astronaut*
  
     In a database a term is typically the comparison of a column
     with a constant or with another column.  For example:
     last_name like 'Smith%'
  
     (1999-08-27)