Boolean Search
Boolean searching is named after George Boole, a 19th century English mathematician. He developed a method of symbolic logic incorporating the use of the functions: AND, OR and NOT. In Boolean searching the word AND narrows the search by combining the terms you are searching. The word OR broadens the search to include results containing either of the words you typed. The word NOT narrows the search by excluding certain terms. It will yield results that contain one but not the other of the search terms.
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This binocular preview is a sneak peek of the Web page behind this search result. If the image says "Site Home Page" we are showing you a preview of the website's home page because we still have to update our binocular system with the particular page from your search result. The text at the bottom of the preview gives you more details, such as:
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