search filter
Results narrowing tool
A search filter is a criterion or set of criteria that narrows results from a larger dataset.
Online shopping sites offer filters for price, size, or brand; email filters sort messages into folders; image searches filter by color or resolution.
To filter a search is to apply such restrictions: I filtered by date to find recent articles.
The term spans any context where you're winnowing possibilities from a pool.
- queryRequest for information
- refineRemove impurities from
- narrowOf small width
- sortMethod of ordering
- criteriaStandards for judgment
dropdown · checkbox · results · advanced · exclude · include · tags · file type · category · date · date range · price range · range · keyword · facet · toggle · parameters · sift
- searchseek, hunt, look, scour, probe
- directory servicesActive Directory, LDAP, directory tree, schema, domain
- search operatorssite, filetype, define, cache, related
- e-commercecheckout, shopping cart, online shopping, cart, online retail
- catalogsprint catalog, product listing, catalog entry, Sears catalog, mail order catalog
- product infoname, brand, price, description, features
search filterno filter
Without screening or softening
raw data · everything · reset · data dump
search, filter, searches, searched, searching, searcher, searchers, searchable, filters