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2. Search engine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine

   Some engines suggest queries when the user is typing in the search box. A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages and other relevant information on the Web in response to a user's query. The user inputs a query within a web browser or a mobile app, and the search results are often a list of hyperlinks ...

3. DuckDuckGo - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

   DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg and launched on February 29, 2008, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. [2] [13] Weinberg is an entrepreneur who previously launched Names Database, a now-defunct social network. Self-funded by Weinberg until October 2011, DuckDuckGo was then "backed by Union Square Ventures and a handful of angel investors ."

4. Searx - Wikipedia

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   Searx ( / sɜːrks /; stylized as searX) is a free and open-source metasearch engine, [4] available under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, with the aim of protecting the privacy of its users. [5] [6] [7] To this end, Searx does not share users' IP addresses or search history with the search engines from which it gathers results.

5. Search engine (computing) - Wikipedia

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   Search engine (computing) In computing, a search engine is an information retrieval software system designed to help find information stored on one or more computer systems. Search engines discover, crawl, transform, and store information for retrieval and presentation in response to user queries. The search results are usually presented in a ...

6. Brave Search - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_Search

   Brave Search is a search engine developed by Brave Software, Inc. and released in Beta in March 2021, following the acquisition of Tailcat, a privacy-focused search engine from Cliqz. [3] Brave Search aims to use its independent index to generate search results. However, the user can allow the Brave browser to anonymously check Google for the ...

7. Metasearch engine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine

   Metasearch engine. A metasearch engine (or search aggregator) is an online information retrieval tool that uses the data of a web search engine to produce its own results. [1] [2] Metasearch engines take input from a user and immediately query search engines [3] for results. Sufficient data is gathered, ranked, and presented to the users.

8. List of search engines - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines

   Cross-platform open-source desktop search engine. Unmaintained since 2011-06-02. LGPL v2 : Terrier Search Engine: Linux, Mac OS X, Unix: Desktop search for Windows, Mac OS X (Tiger), Unix/Linux. MPL v1.1: Tracker: Linux, Unix: Open-source desktop search tool for Unix/Linux GPL v2 : Tropes Zoom: Windows: Semantic Search Engine (no longer available)

9. Google Programmable Search Engine - Wikipedia

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   C++ [1] Google Programmable Search Engine (formerly known as Google Custom Search and Google Co-op) is a platform provided by Google that allows web developers to feature specialized information in web searches, refine and categorize queries and create customized search engines, [2] based on Google Search. The service allows users to narrow the ...