¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stopword
1. a frequently used word that is not searchable by search engines [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stopword
Literary usage of Stopword
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings by D. K. Harman (1995)
"... 2. ntc.ntc (single terms) alternate indexing method making document vectors
stopword 3. ntc.ntc automatic stopword (added 69 terms occurring in 10\'/, ..."
2. Overview of the Third Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-3) edited by D. K. Harmon (1996)
"Construct a stopword list of common Spanish words. Extending SMART to handle
8-bit characters (eg, the accented Spanish characters) instead of 7-bit ASCII ..."
3. Text Retrieval Conference, 4thedited by D. K. Harman edited by D. K. Harman (1998)
"... Data Structures Methods Used to build Data Structures - Length (in words) of
the stopword list: 0 (no stopword list was used) - Controlled Vocabulary? ..."