What do you mean by information retrieval? Explain concept of IR in web search.

 Information retrieval 

Information retrieval is the process of retrieving documents from a collection in response to a query (or a search request) by a user.

Information Retrieval is the activity of obtaining material that can usually be documented in an unstructured nature i.e. usually text which satisfies an information need from within large collections which is stored on computers. For example, Information Retrieval can be when a user enters a query into the system. Nowadays hundreds of millions of people engage in IR every day when they use web search engines. Information Retrieval is believed to be the dominant form of Information access. The IR system assists the users in finding the information they require but it does not explicitly return the answers to the question. It notifies regarding the existence and location of documents that might consist of the required information. Information retrieval also extends support to users in browsing or filtering document collection or processing a set of retrieved documents.

An IR system has the ability to represent, store, organize, and access information items. A set of keywords are required to search. Keywords are what people are searching for in search engines. These keywords summarize the description of the information.



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