search and replace

Definitions

Computing

• noun a feature on word-processors which allows the user to find certain words or phrases, then replace them with another word or phrase

Electronics

• To perform a search (2) and replace the located content with other content. For example, to find instances where the word delay appears within a document, and to put the phrase time delay in its place for one or more occurrences. Its abbreviation is search & replace. Also called find and replace.
• synonymsearch & replace

Information & Library Science

• noun a facility on a word processor which allows the user to find words or strings of characters and change them

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Contexts for “search and replace”

4 definitions in context
• Computing
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science