A keyword is a word or concept with special significance, in particular any word used as the key to a code or used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
The term keyword in reference to SEM usually refers to a word or phrase (combination of words, such as 'Chicago Courier Service') used to find relevant and useful web pages.
It may also mean:
* Keyword (computer programming), an identifier in a computer language that indicates a specific command
* Keyword (linguistics), a word that occurs with unexpected frequency in a text,
or a word which occurs in a text more often than we would expect to occur by chance alone
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o Keyword (search), a word or phrase to find information in either physical or electronic libraries
o Keyword (Internet search), a word or a phrase used to find useful results in internet searches
o Smart keyword, shortcut for bookmarks in Firefox
In a non-computer sense:
* Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society - a 1976 book discussing English words and their cultural use
* List of Magic: The Gathering keywords
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