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[[File:Hash table 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 SP.svg|thumb|upright=1.2|Visual representation of a [[hash table]], a [[data structure]] that allows for fast retrieval of information.]]

In [[computer science]], a '''search algorithm''' is an [[algorithm]] designed to solve a [[search problem]]. Search algorithms work to retrieve information stored within particular [[data structure]], or calculated in the [[Feasible region|search space]] of a problem ___domain, with [[Continuous or discrete variable|either discrete or continuous values]]. algorithms are

Although [[Search engine (computing)|search engines]] use search algorithms, they belong to the study of [[information retrieval]], not algorithmics.