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Search Engine in Action
Age 15 · Computer Science
A search engine looks through many webpages for the words you type. It then shows the pages that contain those words.
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In the picture
- The magnifying glass: scanning across many webpages.
- The search bar: where the words to search for are entered.
- A webpage tile: one page among the many being checked.
- The glowing tile: a page that contains the entered words and is listed.
Examples
- Typing volcano facts and getting pages about volcanoes.
- Typing a friend’s name and seeing pages that mention that name.
Key takeaways
- Search engines match your words to pages that contain them.
- Many pages are checked, but only matching ones appear in the results.
Quiz: Search Engine in Action (Age 15)
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What does a search engine do with the words you type?
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Which pages appear in the search results?
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Where are the words you want to search for entered?
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