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Re: Google search features (Re: USB)
Posted By: MistyCat, on host 203.173.222.54
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 19:17:06
In Reply To: Google search features (Re: USB) posted by Gahalyn on Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 02:02:49:

> > Without going fishing on Google, I just about know they are going to have 339 pages about USB. I think I'll just go with what Arantor said.
> > Howard
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> > > Type the following line (including quotes) into Google.
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> > > "Define USB"
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> Actually, Google has a bunch of tools that you can use to get an answer above all the rest of the search results. Entering "define usb" gives you a definition right at the top. I really like the conversion tool, as "convert -6C to F" lets me know how metrically cold I'm going to be today :)
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> Gahalyn

Actually...
(Hmm. This is going to be difficult to express, particularly since the method I was recommending is (in my now changed opinion) in third place of three methods of searching for the definition of "USB".)

Although in the case of the term "USB" Google Tools gives a better result than Google Search, I was recommending Google Search. I intended the Search to be used by typing the phrase "Define USB" enclosed in quotes. The Tool is used by typing the word "Define" followed by a colon, a space, then the term of interest.

1. Google Tools : Define: USB
2. Google Search: Define USB
3. Google Search: "Define USB"

Each of those three gives a different result.

Aha! A thought occurs. (Yes, I'll be kind to it, I know it won't have much company in my head at the moment.)

3. Google Tools : Define: TNWIM
2. Google Search: "Define TNWIM"
1. Google Search: Define TNWIM

A prize will be given for the correct meaning in the context of me defining what I meant by "TNWIM."
If you spend (waste) the time to try all three, you should find out what I meant.

(Since I was the first to know, I'll keep the prize for myself.)

Misty"Please excuse me, I'm very sleep-deprived"Cat

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