This is why it’s important to understand and master these search operators. Why It’s Called Boolean. Boolean refers to George Boole, a 19th-century mathematician who invented Boolean logic.

Dealing with those Boolean queries may look intimidating at first if you aren’t familiar with programming. But the good news is that first of all, not everyone needs Boolean: If you’re monitoring ...

Recruiters use boolean searches to find candidates with the right titles and skills. Atuahene shared a real example a recruiter on his team used to search for a software engineer on LinkedIn: ...

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiners needed a new approach to sifting through mountains of supporting evidence. Leaders from USPTO, Google and Accenture Federal Services leaders discuss how AI ...

Reader Paul writes in with a handy Craigslist searching tip: Contrary to popular belief, Craigslist does have an Boolean "OR" search method; it can be done by placing an apostrophe just before ...

The query typed into a Web search engine in order to obtain information. The search expression is normally a Boolean AND expression; for example, entering the two words computer and laptop yields ...