"search term" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: search terms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} search term (plural search terms)
  1. (computing) The word or phrase that a user searches for, e.g. in a search engine. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (word or phrase): hakutermi (Finnish), საძიებო სიტყვა (saʒiebo siṭq̇va) (Georgian), საძიებო ტერმინი (saʒiebo ṭermini) (Georgian), საძიებო ფრაზა (saʒiebo praza) (Georgian), Suchbegriff [masculine] (German), поиско́вый запро́с (poiskóvyj zaprós) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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