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Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
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Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
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| corpus |
a compilation of written or spoken texts in electronic format analyzed as linguistic data in order to learn about word meaning and usage, word frequency, and language patterns. [1/4 definitions] |
| digital versatile disc |
an optical storage format for digital data, resembling a compact disc but with greater storage capacity; digital video disc; DVD. |
| digital video disc |
an optical storage format for digital data, or the physical disc that the data is stored on, resembling a compact disc but with greater storage capacity; DVD. [1/2 definitions] |
| e-book |
a book published in digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device. |
| filename extension |
in computing, the final part of a filename, consisting of one or more letters after a dot, which indicates the format of the file data. |
| gatefold |
in a book or magazine, an oversize page folded to fit the format and so bound that it can be opened out for viewing. |
| highlight |
in computing, to apply a format to (electronic text) that gives an appearance similar to highlighted printed text. The purpose of computer highlighting is to allow certain operations, especially the deletion of sections of text or the movement of text from one place to another. [1/6 definitions] |
| IP |
in computing, an abbreviation for Internet protocol, one of the main Internet communications protocols, which specifies the format of transmitted data and routing information. |
| JPEG |
abbreviation of "Joint Photographic Experts Group," used to denote the cross-platform image file format based on this committee's image compression algorithm, or such a file itself, and, shortened to jpg, used as the filename extension for files in this format. |
| MP3 |
abbreviation of "Moving Pictures Expert Group, Audio Layer 3," an audio file format that compresses sound data, esp. music, for easy transfer over the internet, while providing high-quality playback sound. [2/3 definitions] |
| news feed |
a data format that allows users to frequently update content on a web page. [1/2 definitions] |
| PDF |
abbreviation of "portable document format," a file format (invented by Adobe Systems, Inc.) that represents documents created in a variety of word processing and desktop publishing programs as they were intended to appear, independently of the platform or hardware with which they are created or read. |
| plain text |
data consisting only of text encoded in ASCII, hence as characters and spaces with no options for how they appear, making it a highly portable, compact file format. |
| portable document format |
a file format (invented by Adobe Systems, Inc.) that represents documents created in a variety of word processing and desktop publishing programs as they were intended to appear, independently of the platform or hardware with which they are created or read. |
| preformat |
combined form of format. |
| reformat |
combined form of format. |
| rewrite |
to write (news received from a reporter) in an appropriate format for publishing. [1/4 definitions] |
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