Keresmotoros

Keresmotoros is a term used in Hungarian computing and information retrieval contexts to describe the core software components of a search engine—the subsystem that handles crawling, indexing, and ranking of information, as well as the processing of user queries. The term is informal and not part of formal nomenclature, but it appears in technical blogs, conference materials, and developer discussions.

Etymology and usage

The word is a clipped form of keresőmotoros, derived from keresőmotor (search engine) with the suffix -os to denote a characteristic or component. In practice, keresmotoros is used to refer to the software layer or module communities consider the “search engine motor,” as opposed to user interfaces or deployed applications that rely on the engine.

Architecture and components

A typical keresmotoros consists of several interrelated components: a web crawler to discover and fetch content; an indexer to extract and organize data for fast retrieval; storage systems to maintain the index; a query processor to interpret user input; and a ranking engine to order results based on relevance and signals. Some discussions also distinguish the keresmotoros from ancillary services such as query expansion, spell correction, and personalization, emphasizing the separation between core indexing and external presentation.

Variants and usage

The term can be used to refer to a general search engine architecture in contrast to specific products or services. It is sometimes applied in discussions about vertical search, scalability, or optimization strategies, but its usage is informal and not standardized across the field.

See also

Keresőmotor, Information retrieval, Search engine architecture, Online search.