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Use an asterisk to represent 0 or more characters of any type.
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tech* matches technologyand technophobe
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Searches are not case sensitive.
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"computer" matches COMPUTER, Computer, and CoMpUtEr
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Multiple terms are considered word phrases.
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"computer expert" retrieves all documents that contain the actual phrase "computer expert". The search engine does not interpret this search as a request for all documents that contain either the word computer or the word expert.
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Use "and" and "or" to perform boolean searches.
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"computer and internet" matches all documents that contain both the word "computer" and the word "internet". "computer or internet" matches all documents that contain either the word "computer" or the word "internet".
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Parenthesis "(" and ")" are reserved characters and will be removed from the query string to prevent errors.
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"example(" will become "example".
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