The Claremont Report on Database Research
Database research is expanding, with major efforts in system architecture, new languages, cloud services, mobile and virtual worlds, and interplay between structure and text.
Eric A. Brewer
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Search engines are among the most useful and visible
aspects of the Internet, with millions of searches performed
every day by the major engines, not including the specialized
ones created for the news media, law, medicine, and
individual Web sites. Indeed, search engines have become a
part of the global culture, reaching a vast and diverse
audience.
After communication, search is the most visible and important aspect of the Internet. The first major sites were search engines; although they have evolved into portals, search remains fundamental to the vision, purpose, and performance of the network. The Internet’s technical (and social) elegance is its anarchy and freedom of information sharing; everyone can add […]
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