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BOOLEAN SEARCH Definition & Legal Meaning

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Also known as logical operators, they are the use of Boolean operators (And, Or, Not). They aide in making keyword based text searches more accurate. Search Engines on the web and databases can be used in conjunction with Boolean operators. Appropriately named after George Boole the mathemtician from the UK.

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