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Boolean operators

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Author: Colin McDermott

What are Boolean operators?

Using boolean search operators it is possible to connect search words together to broaden or narrow a set of results.

The three basic boolean operators are: ANDOR and NOT.

By default however search engines will usually apply AND for each part of a query unless specified otherwise.

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