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Federated Search
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ALSO CALLED: Meta-search, Distributed Search, and Metasearch
DEFINITION: Desktop search (sometimes called integrated search) is the ability to simultaneously search multiple data sources -- typically including the Internet and corporate intranets and databases as well as hard drives and removable storage on the user's computer -- from a search term entered
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dtSearch Web Search
| sponsored by dtSearch Corp.
SOFTWARE DEMO:
dtSearch Web is an out-of-the-box solution for publishing instantly searchable documents in both Web-ready and other formats.
Posted: 25 Jul 2005 | Published: 28 Jun 2005
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MetaTrieve Demos
| sponsored by MetaTrieval Software, LLC
SOFTWARE DEMO:MetaTrieve is an enterprise-wide search engine and query tool for relational databases. Posted: 28 Jan 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2003
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FEDERATED SEARCH DEFINITION (continued):
into a text box on the desktop. Desktop search programs create an index of files stored on the computer, which enables fast and fairly comprehensive searches. The user can search local hard drives, Web sites, e-mail, and other sources without having to minimize the current document or open a browser, e-mail client, or other application. HotBot and some other search engine companies offer basic desktop search tools; Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google
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