Search key

Updated: 10/01/2023 by Computer Hope

A search key may refer to any of the following:

1. On a Google Chromebook, the Search key is another name used for the Launcher key.

2. A search key is a string or other data used as input for searching a database, search engine, or script. For example, in the URL (uniform resource locator) below, "q=example+search" is the search key used with the Computer Hope search.cgi script to search for "example search."

https://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=example+search

Database, Keyboard terms, Query, Search, Search Engine