Really Useful Microsoft Jargon Demystified

July 19, 2008

Please, navigate to the Enterprise Search Web log here. The July 18, 2008, post “Microsoft Terms for SQL Server Search Components” is worth its weight in Windows XP OEM installation disks. Dr. Search, the author, defines indexing, collection, and tokenization, which I found quite useful. Even better, the mysterious yet wizardly Dr. Search includes a link to an article by Mark Bennett. “Contrasting Relational and Full-Text Engines” makes it clear Mr. Bennett knows more about search technology than I do. I suppose I should insult him, but this 2004 essay is too useful. I will probably recycle large chunks of his knowledge in a future writing, so I have to tread lightly. Download the article here. Note that it is the property of New Idea Engineering, an outfit with a solid track record.

An exclusive interview with the founders of New Idea Engineering will appear in the ArnoldIT.com Search Wizards Speak series here. I will post a news item in Beyond Search so you can read the full interview with the New Idea technology Jedi knights. The interview is as useful as “Contrasting Relational and Full Text Engines.” Highly recommended. New Idea Engineering’s Web site is here.

Stephen Arnold, July 19, 2008

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Enterprise, Microsoft, News, Search, Technology

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.