Browsing Task
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A Browsing Task is an Act that involves the examination of a Sequence.
- AKA: Browse Task, Browsing.
- Context:
- It can be instantiated as a Browsing Act.
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- Example(s):
- See: Search Act.
References
2009
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=browsing
- S: (n) browse, browsing (reading superficially or at random)
- S: (n) browse, browsing (the act of feeding by continual nibbling)
- S: (v) shop, browse (shop around; not necessarily buying) "I don't need help, I'm just browsing"
- S: (v) crop, browse, graze, range, pasture (feed as in a meadow or pasture) "the herd was grazing"
- S: (v) browse, surf (look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular) "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"
- S: (v) browse, graze (eat lightly, try different dishes) "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
2008
- (Dextre Clarke et al., 2008) ⇒ Stella Dextre Clarke, Alan Gilchrist, Ron Davies and Leonard Will. (2008). “Glossary of Terms Relating to Thesauri and Other Forms of Structured Vocabulary for Information Retrieval." Willpower Information
- browsing: finding information by examining lists or sequences of items, typically starting with general items and, on the basis of what has been found there, moving to more specific items