lookup function; search function
searcher; person using a search engine
searchability (e.g. of data, documents); retrievability
query device; lookup terminal
conditional search; filtering
making something difficult to find via a search engine
database search; database retrieval
search form; search field; search box
fuzzy reference; ambiguous search; ambiguous retrieval
federated search; cross-database search; multi-database search; searching multiple databases at once with a single query
federated search; cross-database search; multi-database search; searching multiple databases at once with a single query
identification key; taxonomic key
post-coordinated indexing
searching with natural language; natural sentence search
hashtag (e.g. on Twitter)
retrieval-augmented generation; RAG