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[http://www.ask.com/ '''Ask'''] (which is found in its [[UK]] version as [http://sp.uk.ask.com/en/docs/about/site_features.shtml '''Ask Jeeves''']), is a question-answering [[web search engine]] owned and operated by Dublin, Ireland-based IAC Search & Media Europe, Ltd.<ref name=IAC/> The original idea behind ''Ask Jeeves'' was to allow users to get answers to questions posed in everyday, [[natural language]], as well as traditional keyword searching. Ask.com | [http://www.ask.com/ '''Ask.com'''] (which is found in its [[UK]] version as [http://sp.uk.ask.com/en/docs/about/site_features.shtml '''Ask Jeeves''']), is a question-answering [[web search engine]] owned and operated by Dublin, Ireland-based IAC Search & Media Europe, Ltd.<ref name=IAC/> The original idea behind ''Ask Jeeves'' was to allow users to get answers to questions posed in everyday, [[natural language]], as well as traditional keyword searching. ''Ask.com'' continues to support this goal, with added support for math, dictionary, and conversion questions. | ||
The name ''Jeeves'' refers to an incomparably capable "gentleman's gentleman" in a series of comic novels by [[P.G. Wodehouse]].<ref name=Jeeves/> | The name ''Jeeves'' refers to an incomparably capable "gentleman's gentleman" in a series of comic novels by [[P.G. Wodehouse]].<ref name=Jeeves/> | ||
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Revision as of 09:42, 20 July 2012
Ask.com (which is found in its UK version as Ask Jeeves), is a question-answering web search engine owned and operated by Dublin, Ireland-based IAC Search & Media Europe, Ltd.[1] The original idea behind Ask Jeeves was to allow users to get answers to questions posed in everyday, natural language, as well as traditional keyword searching. Ask.com continues to support this goal, with added support for math, dictionary, and conversion questions.
The name Jeeves refers to an incomparably capable "gentleman's gentleman" in a series of comic novels by P.G. Wodehouse.[2]
References
- ↑ Company Information. IAC Search & Media Europe, Ltd. (2012). Retrieved on 2012-07-20.
- ↑ About P.G. Wodehouse. IAC Search & Media Europe, Ltd. (2012). Retrieved on 2012-07-20.