# What Is Search Engine **URL:** \ **Category:** Technology\ **Created:** [December 22, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/what-is-search-engine/142242 "2021-12-22T16:55:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
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**What is search engine? A program that searches for and finds objects in a database that correlate to keywords or characters given by the user, used mainly for discovering particular sites on the Internet.** ![What Is Search Engine](https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/hand-using-laptop-and-press-screen-to-search-browsing-on-the-internet-picture-id1271072224?s=2048x2048) ## **What Is Search Engine?** A [search engine](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/unbiased-search-engine/122167) is a web-based application used to find websites on the Internet-based on a user’s search [query](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/excel-query/134845). It searches for results within its [databases](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/free-database-software/121583), sorts them, and generates an ordered list using proprietary search methods. This is referred to as a [search engine results](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/unbiased-search-engine/122167) page (SERP). While there are [numerous](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/numerology-meanings/119203) search engines available (e.g., Google, Bing, Yahoo, and others), the fundamental [concepts](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/design-concept/139670) of searching and presenting responses are the same in all of them. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DA1mooP1J30/maxresdefault.jpg "What is a Search Engine?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA1mooP1J30) ### **Accessing Search Engine** A [user](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/what-is-an-end-user/112754) accesses a search engine via a browser, phone, tablet, or other devices. Today, most new [browsers](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/best-browser-for-iphone/123011) incorporate an Omnibox, which is a text box located at the browser’s [top](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/best-top-coat-for-nails/136500). Users can [utilize](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/what-does-smh-mean-in-text/39541) Omnibox to enter a URL or a search query. 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