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IR

Information retrieval. The process of locating information based on a well-defined information need. An information retrieval system consists of a corpus, one or more indexes of its content, a query interface, a search system, and a results interface.

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Industry/Domain: Software; Computer
Category: Operating systems
Company: Apple
Product: Mac OS X
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