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<p>A web query or web search query is a query that a user enters into a <a href="/facts/Web_search_engine/SRntsbz2">web search engine</a> to satisfy their <a href="/facts/Information_needs/nshgwAlp">information needs</a>. Web search queries are distinctive in that they are often plain text and <a href="/facts/Boolean_algebra/VkCToAmg">boolean search directives</a> are rarely used. They vary greatly from standard <a href="/facts/Query_language/Sa6K4xXM">query languages</a>, which are governed by strict syntax rules as <a href="/facts/Command_language/YVXavbxQ">command languages</a> with keyword or positional <a href="/facts/Parameter_(computer_science)/LcuLbbSq">parameters</a>. </p>