Chapter 27. How Internet Searching Works
An enormous amount of information is available on the Internet, but there is so little organization to the Internet that it can seem impossible to find the information or documents you want. A number of solutions have sprung up to solve the problem. Two of the most popular are indexes and search engines.
Indexes present a highly structured way to find information. They enable you to browse through information by categories, such as arts, computers, entertainment, sports, and so on. In a web browser, you click a category, and you are then presented with a series of subcategories. Under sports, for ...
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