explain the concept of search term and hit list in relation to web search
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A web search engine or Internet search engine is a software system that is designed to carry out web search (Internet search), which means to search the World Wide Web in a systematic way for particular information specified in a textual web search query. The search results are generally presented in a line of results, often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs). The information may be a mix of links to web pages, images, videos, infographics, articles, research papers, and other types of files. Some search engines also mine data available in databases or open directories. Unlike web directories, which are maintained only by human editors, search engines also maintain real-time information by running an algorithm on a web crawler. Internet content that is not capable of being searched by a web search engine is generally described as the deep web.
A hit is a request to a web server for a file (such as a web page, image, JavaScript, or Cascading Style Sheet).[1] There may be many hits per page view since an HTML page can contain multiple files, such as images.[1]
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the topic on which information is being searched is called search topic. the software that makes the search possible is called search engine. the list of the links that the search engine returns in response is called hit list.