(computing) An application that searches for, and retrieves, data based on some criteria, especially one that searches the Internet for documents containing specified words.

plural of search engine

(Internet) Of a web page: designed so that automated search engine crawlers can easily index and categorize its contents.

(Internet) The use of various techniques to improve a web site's ranking in search engines in the hopes of attracting more visitors.

plural of human flesh search engine

The Chinese phenomenon of distributed research using Internet media such as blogs and forums, sometimes as a form of vigilantism against an individual person/doxxing.