Desktop search
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Desktop search tools search within a user's own
Desktop search emerged as a concern for large firms for two main reasons: untapped productivity and security. According to analyst firm Gartner, up to 80% of some companies' data is locked up inside
The sector attracted considerable attention in the late 2004 to early 2005 period from the struggle between Microsoft and Google.
Technologies
Most desktop search engines build and maintain an
Desktop search tools typically collect three types of information about files:
- file and folder names
- PDF and JPEG
- file content, for the types of documents supported by the tool
Long-term goals for desktop search include the ability to search the contents of image files, sound files and video by context.[11][12]
Platforms & their histories
Windows
Indexing Service, a "base service that extracts content from files and constructs an indexed catalog to facilitate efficient and rapid searching",[13] was originally released in August 1996. It was built in order to speed up manually searching for files on Personal Desktops and Corporate Computer Network. Indexing service helped by using Microsoft web servers to index files on the desired hard drives. Indexing was done by file format. By using terms that users provided, a search was conducted that matched terms to the data within the file formats. The largest issue that Indexing service faced was the fact that every time a file was added, it had to be indexed. This coupled with the fact that the indexing cached the entire index in RAM, made the hardware a huge limitation.[14] This made indexing large amounts of files require extremely powerful hardware and very long wait times.
In 2003,
With the release of
Mac OS
In 1994 the AppleSearch search engine was introduced, allowing users to fully search all documents within their Macintosh computer, including file format types, meta-data on those files, and content within the files. AppleSearch was a client/server application, and as such required a server separate from the main device in order to function. The biggest issue with AppleSearch were its large resource requirements: "AppleSearch requires at least a 68040 processor and 5MB of RAM."[16] At the time, a Macintosh computer with these specifications was priced at approximately $1400; equivalent to $2050 in 2015.[17] On top of this, the software itself cost an additional $1400 for a single license.
In 1997,
Linux
There are a wide range of desktop search options for Linux users, depending upon the skill level of the user, their preference to use desktop tools which tightly integrate into their desktop environment, command-shell functionality (often with advanced scripting options), or browser-based users interfaces to locally running software. In addition, many users create their own indexing from a variety of indexing packages (e.g. one which does extraction and indexing of PDF/DOC/DOCX/ODT documents well, another search engine which works ith/ vcard, LDAP, and other directory/contact databases, as well as the conventional find
and locate
commands.
Ubuntu
openSUSE
Starting with
See also
References
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