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1. www.wikipedia.orgWikipedia

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   Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

   • Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

     Help desk – Ask questions about using or editing Wikipedia....

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     Wikipedia uses a powerful search engine, with a search box...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Help:SearchingHelp:Searching - Wikipedia

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   Wikipedia uses a powerful search engine, with a search box on every page. The search box will navigate directly to a given page name upon an exact match. But, you can force it to show you other pages that include your search string by including a tilde character ~ anywhere in the query.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Main_PageWikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   Help desk – Ask questions about using or editing Wikipedia. Reference desk – Ask research questions about encyclopedic topics. Content portals – A unique way to navigate the encyclopedia.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_search_enginesList of search engines - Wikipedia

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   Search engines, including web search engines, selection-based search engines, metasearch engines, desktop search tools, and web portals and vertical market websites have a search facility for online databases.

   Name	Language	Backend Ownership
   Ask.com	Multilingual	Google
   Baidu	Chinese	Baidu
   Brave Search	Multilingual	Brave
   Dogpile	English	Metasearch engine

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Search_engineSearch engine - Wikipedia

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   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, accompanied by textual summaries and images.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Help:Searching_from_a_webHelp:Searching from a web browser - Wikipedia

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   This page details how to setup the ability to search Wikipedia from within your Web browser's search box. These browsers support the OpenSearch standard. Some browsers support the Wikipedia search engine plugin by default.

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   How do I set up a search engine on Wikipedia?

   • Visit your Preferences → Gadgets page (requires JavaScript) to set up: several external search engines' views of Wikipedia. The search results page will then have a pull down list to the left of its search box, offering your choice as, say, a modification of a word or phrase search, or a page ranking refinement.

   Help:Searching - Wikipedia

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   Does Wikipedia have a search box?

   • Wikipedia uses a powerful search engine, with a search box on every page. The search box will navigate directly to a given page name upon an exact match. But, you can force it to show you other pages that include your search string by including a tilde character ~ anywhere in the query. The maximum search string is 300 characters long.

   Help:Searching - Wikipedia

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   How do I get Wikipedia search results?

   • To get Wikipedia search results while on any web page, you can temporarily set your browser's (web-based) search box to interface the Wikipedia search engine and land on Wikipedia's search results page. This trick removes the need to first navigate to Wikipedia from a web page, and then do the search or navigation.

   Help:Searching from a web browser - Wikipedia

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   How does Wikipedia search work?

   • Wikipedia's searches can be made domain-specific (i.e., search in desired namespaces). The search engine also supports special characters and parameters to extend the power of searches and allow users to make their search strings more specific.

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8. diff.wikimedia.org › 2021/09/23 › searching-forOverview of Wikipedia and Search - Diff

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   Sep 23, 2021 · DuckDuckGo served over 23 billion search queries in 2020. It is the fourth-largest source of traffic to Wikipedia, the second-largest search engine on mobile devices in the United States, and the sixth largest search engine in the world.