masking characterA character that is used to represent optional characters at the front, middle, and end of a search term.
metadataMetadata is information about a particular data set which may describe, for example, how, when, and by whom it was received, created, accessed, and/or…
MIME typeAn Internet standard for identifying the type of object that is being transferred across the Internet.
MiningUsually removal of soil or rock having value because of its chemical composition.
model-based categoryA taxonomy of predefined terms that is used to determine the subject of a document so that the document can be indexed and searched with documents that…
monitor(MAH-nih-ter) In medicine, to regularly watch and check a person or condition to see if there is any change.
More like thisA way to refine search by identifying the right set of documents and then locating similar documents.
Morphologic analysisUsed in query analysis, this analysis includes all forms of a given word via linguistic normalization (lemmatization).
Morphology(mor-FAH-loh-jee) The science of the form and structure of organisms (plants, animals, and other forms of life).
Multi-level sortingSorting by multiple fields. Both text and integer fields may be sorted upon (ascending or descending). Field sorting may be combined with rank sorting.