あいまい検けん索さく

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Meanings

fuzzy search; ambiguous search

Computing term for searching with tolerance for misspellings, approximate matches, or vague queries.

全ぜん文ぶん検けん索さく
Full-text search looks for exact matches of the query string, while あいまい検索 tolerates variations and partial matches.
部ぶ分ぶん一いっ致ち検けん索さく
Partial match search finds entries containing the query as a substring; あいまい検索 additionally handles approximate matches and misspellings.

あいまい検けん索さく
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling; あいまい is usually written in kana.
曖あい昧まい検けん索さく
Full kanji spelling; less common because 曖昧 is often written in kana.

Compound of あいまい (vague, ambiguous) and 検索 (search, retrieval). The term is a direct calque from English 'fuzzy search'.