hakulause
Hakulause is a Finnish term that denotes a user’s input phrase or sentence used to search in a computer system, such as a web search engine or a database. It corresponds to the English term “query” or “search query.” A hakulause can be a single word, a short phrase, or a complete sentence, and it is the primary input that triggers retrieval of relevant documents.
In information retrieval, hakulause is processed by the search system through steps such as tokenization, normalization,
Users typically formulate hakulause to reflect an information need, with varying specificity. Short hakulause often yields
Applications of hakulause concepts include general web search, digital libraries, e-commerce search, and enterprise databases. In
See also: hakusana, hakukone, information retrieval, natural language processing.