Google Redefines Searches for Emerging Terms

Google Redefines Searches for Emerging Terms

Written By
Peter Coffee
Peter Coffee
Nov 3, 2003
1 minute read
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Newly rolled out of Google Labs, the define: search prefix deftly handles one of the most common but frustrating types of Internet search: the one whose goal is a current, accurate definition of an emerging piece of IT vocabulary. I tried the command “define: Wi-Fi” as my first example, and now Im sold. Compare the results to those produced by my previous favorite, Dictionary.com. Ill continue to use the latter when I want credible results from authoritative sources in areas where language is stable, but Im glad to have a new weapon for tracking jargons moving targets.

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