JP2002117058A - Method and device for term explanation retrieval and storage medium stored with term explanation retrieving program - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a term explanation search method and system capable of outputting a definition and explanation related to an input keyword as a search result, and a storage medium storing a term explanation search program. According to the present invention, when a user inputs a keyword as a search request, the user converts the keyword into an expression that is easy to obtain a description of the keyword as a search result, and uses the converted search keyword to generate a computer network. The database is searched to obtain the definition and explanation corresponding to the keyword, and the search result is presented to the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for searching terminology and a storage medium storing a terminology search program, and more particularly to searching for a word in a computer network or in text recorded on a computer. The present invention relates to a term description search method and apparatus for finding a term description required by a user and providing the term description to the user, and a storage medium storing a term description search program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a series of methods known as a search engine as an information search system using keywords on a computer network.

There is a robot-type search engine as a method of automatically searching a network and creating a database.

[0004]

However, since the principle of the conventional search method is a simple keyword search, contents other than the definition and explanation of a desired word are also output as search results. For example, there is a problem that the word only appears in a sentence and a comment that the user wants to know cannot be obtained as a search result.

In the existing method of searching for a specified phrase in a text, a commentary on the phrase exists in an accessible database or is unknown until a user specifies the phrase. You need to enter a keyword.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a term explanation search method and apparatus capable of outputting the definition and explanation of a desired term as a search result, and a storage medium storing a term explanation search program. The purpose is to:

Another object of the present invention is to automatically search for a phrase in a text in advance and change the appearance of the text so that the phrase whose description can be found can be identified, so that the description of the phrase can be accessed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a term explanation search method and apparatus which enables a user to know whether or not the term explanation exists in a database, and a storage medium storing a term explanation search program.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

The present invention (claim 1) provides a term description search method for searching a database in each computer connected by a computer network and acquiring a definition and commentary on a term specified by the user. When a keyword is input as a request (step 1), the keyword is converted into an expression that is easy to obtain as a search result with a description of the keyword (step 2), and a computer network database is searched using the converted search keyword. Then, a definition / commentary corresponding to the keyword is acquired (step 3), and the search result is presented to the user (step 4).

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a term description search method for collecting information from a computer network, storing definitions and descriptions related to terms, and searching using the stored data, based on a certain phrase. Searching the database of the computer network at an arbitrary timing, and constructing a glossary of the term for the word in the database as a commentary, and when a user inputs a keyword as a search request, the keyword is described as a commentary on the keyword. Is converted into an expression that can be easily obtained as a search result, and a description book is searched using the converted keyword.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a term explanation search method for collecting information from a computer network, storing definitions and explanations related to terms, and searching using the stored data. When building a database by collecting data, a flag is set for data containing a glossary of terms, and when a user inputs a keyword as a search request, the keyword is searched for a description of the keyword. As a result, the data is converted into an expression that can be easily obtained, and only the data with a flag in the database is searched using the converted keyword.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a term explanation search method for acquiring the definition and explanation of a phrase included in a text being browsed, analyzing the text currently being browsed, and searching for a phrase included in the text. Search the definition and commentary, and change the color or typeface of the searched words and display the text.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

[0014] The present invention (claim 5) is a term explanation search device for searching a database in each computer connected by a computer network and acquiring a definition and explanation about a term designated by the user, A keyword input unit 1 for receiving an input of a keyword as a search request, a keyword conversion unit 2 for converting a keyword into an expression which is easy to obtain a commentary on the keyword as a search result, and a computer network using the converted search keyword. Search means 3 for searching the database of the above and acquiring the definition and explanation corresponding to the keyword, and output means 4 for presenting the search result to the user.

[0015] The present invention (claim 6) is a term explanation search device that collects information from a computer network, accumulates definitions and explanations related to terms, and searches using the accumulated data. And a comment collection generating means for retrieving a computer network database at an arbitrary timing and constructing a glossary of the term for the term in the database as a commentary, and when a user inputs a keyword as a search request, the keyword Has keyword conversion means for converting a description of the keyword into an expression which can be easily obtained as a search result, and a search means for searching a commentary collection using the converted keyword.

The present invention (Claim 7) is a term explanation search device for collecting information from a computer network, storing definitions and explanations related to terms, and searching using the stored data. Database construction means for flagging data containing a glossary of terms when collecting data from a database, and when a keyword is input as a search request by a user, the keyword is Keyword conversion means for converting the description of the keyword into an expression that can be easily obtained as a search result, and search means for searching only data with a flag in the database using the converted keyword.

The present invention (claim 8) is a term explanation search device for acquiring the definition and explanation of a phrase contained in a text being viewed, a text analysis means for analyzing the text currently being viewed, It has commentary search means for searching for the definition and commentary of contained words, and display means for displaying the text by changing the color or typeface of only the searched words.

According to the present invention (claim 9), a storage medium storing a term explanation search program for searching a database in each computer connected by a computer network and acquiring a definition / explanation about terms specified by a user. Then, the keyword input process in which the user receives the input of the keyword as a search request, and the keyword,
A keyword conversion process of converting the description of the keyword into an expression that can be easily obtained as a search result, a search process of searching a computer network database using the converted search keyword, and acquiring a definition / comment corresponding to the keyword; And an output process for presenting a search result to a user.

The present invention (claim 10) is a storage medium storing a term explanation search program for collecting information from a computer network, storing definitions and explanations related to terms, and searching using the accumulated data. Based on a certain phrase, a database of a computer network is searched at an arbitrary timing, and a commentary generation process for constructing a glossary of the term as a commentary in the database, and a user inputs a keyword as a search request. Then, there is a keyword conversion process of converting the keyword into an expression that makes it easy to obtain a description of the keyword as a search result, and a search process of searching a commentary collection using the converted keyword.

The present invention (claim 11) is a storage medium storing a term explanation search program for collecting information from a computer network, accumulating definitions and explanations related to terms, and searching using the accumulated data. When collecting data from a computer network and constructing a database, a database construction process for flagging data containing a glossary of terms and a user inputs a keyword as a search request And a keyword conversion process of converting the keyword into an expression that is easy to obtain as a search result of the description of the keyword, and a search process of searching only data with a flag in the database using the converted keyword. .

[0021] The present invention (claim 12) is a storage medium storing a term explanation search program for acquiring the definition and explanation of a phrase contained in the text being viewed, and a text analysis for analyzing the text currently being viewed. It has a process, a commentary retrieval process for retrieving the definition and commentary of a phrase included in the text, and a display process for displaying the text by changing the color or typeface of only the retrieved phrase.

As described above, according to the present invention, data of a target property is output as a search result by converting in advance a keyword in which an explanation of a term the user wants to know appears as a search result and searching. Becomes possible.

In the present invention, the existing robot search is performed by analyzing the found data (sentence) and adding a term explanation for the term by constructing a new term explanation database or adding a term explanation. Data that is determined to be flagged is added to the existing database, and when searching for the meaning of a phrase, only data that has the flag set is searched.
It is possible to improve the efficiency of the search process.

In the present invention, the appearance of the text is changed (the display color and the font are changed) so that the words and phrases in the text are automatically searched in advance, and the words and phrases whose description can be found can be identified. The user can know whether the commentary of the word or phrase exists in the accessible database.

[0025]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the present invention, a search engine converts a keyword input by a user into a search word whose definition and explanation regarding the keyword are easily output as a search result, and searches on a computer network. In this case, the definition and explanation corresponding to the keyword are provided to the user as a search result.

For example, when the user inputs the keyword “****”, the user uses the “****” to input, for example, “about ****”, “what is ****”, "**
The definition is converted into a search term such as "definition of **", and a search is performed using an existing keyword search system designated in advance by the search term.

Further, according to the present invention, position information of a database of a computer which holds definitions and explanations of certain phrases is previously established as a position information database in correspondence with the phrases. In this way, when the user needs a definition or explanation of a phrase, the user passes the phrase "****" to be searched to the search algorithm.
"*" In the same manner as above, "About ****", "***"
* What? ”And“ Definition of **** ”are converted into search terms, and the location information of the database that stores the definitions and explanations corresponding to the search terms from the location information database is acquired. Get word definitions and explanations by accessing information.

A commentary database in which the definition and commentary of a certain phrase are stored is constructed as a commentary database corresponding to the phrase. At the time of construction of the commentary database, using existing search technology (for example, robot search), the found data (text) is analyzed, and a flag is set for the data determined to contain the phrase explanation. Stand up and add to database. Thus, when the user needs a definition or explanation of a phrase, the user passes the phrase “****” to be searched to the search algorithm, and the search algorithm replaces “****” with “***”. *about","**
What is ** "and" Definition of **** "are converted into search terms and the definitions and explanations corresponding to the search terms are acquired from the commentary database. At this time, the search efficiency can be improved by searching only the data for which the flag is set.

The present invention also analyzes character data or text recorded on a computer in an equivalent manner,
In conjunction with the search device, search for definitions and explanations of terms contained in the text, and only when the search is successful, the color of the terms or
Change the typeface to show the entire text. In addition, this method works in conjunction with existing text viewing devices to analyze the text currently being read, search for commentary and commentary on the contained words, and color only those words where the definition or commentary is found, or It is also possible to change the typeface and instruct the text browsing device to text. By designating a word or phrase that requires a commentary or commentary with a cursor, pointer, or the like, it is also possible to display the definition or commentary of the search result.

[0030]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] First, in this embodiment,
As a method for searching a database in a computer connected via a network and searching for definitions and explanations about terms specified by the user, commentary information containing definitions and explanations of the location information of the database that stores definitions and explanations about terms An example of using a database storing collections will be described.

FIG. 3 shows an example of using the position information database in the first embodiment of the present invention.

The system shown in FIG.
0, server 200, and computer network 30
It consists of 0.

The user terminal 100 receives an input of a search keyword from the user 101 and
User interface unit 11 that passes search results to 1
Has zero.

The server 200 converts a search keyword passed from the user terminal 100 to generate a search term, and a search engine 2 for searching the computer network 300 based on the search term.
20. The search engine 220 has a configuration in which a user interface unit is removed from an existing object specified in advance.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart when the position information database according to the first embodiment of the present invention is used.

In the following description, “****” indicates a word to be searched (search keyword).

Step 101) The user 101 who wants to obtain a commentary on a word or phrase has the keyword "***".
* ”Is input to the user interface unit 110. Accordingly, the user interface unit 110 converts the keyword “****” into the search word conversion unit 210 of the server 200.
Pass to.

Step 102) Search term converter 210
Is to insert "****" into a fixed phrase prepared in advance, so that "explanation of ****", "about ****", "*
*** What is a search term? These search terms are passed to the search engine 220.

Step 103) Search engine 220
Searches for a keyword in the location information database 310 of the computer network 300 (such as WWW),
Location of the discovered data on the network (U in WWW
RL, the IP address of the ftp server and the directory where the file exists) are passed to the user interface unit 110.

Step 104) The search engine 220 determines whether or not the search term exists on the network 300. If the search term exists, the process proceeds to step 105. If not, the process proceeds to step 106.

Step 105) If the search word exists, the search result is passed from the user interface unit 110 to the user. The user uses the network application (Web browser, ftp, etc.) to obtain the acquired location information (http://xxx.ne.jp or ftp.yuu.co.jp/p
ub / ...), you can get the phrase explanation.

Step 106) If the search term does not exist, the user is notified that a sentence containing the search term could not be found on the network.

In the above description, an example in which the positional information in which the phrase commentary is stored is acquired. Next, an example in which the commentary of the phrase is acquired will be described.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which a commentary database is used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

The search keyword “***” is received from the user 101.
When “*” is input, the user interface unit 110
Passes the input “****” to the search word conversion unit 210. The search word conversion unit 210 adds “*
By inserting ***, you can get a commentary on “****” and “**”.
A search word such as “About **” and “What is ****” is generated and passed to the search engine 220. This search engine
The commentary database 320 on the computer network 300 (such as WWW) 300 is searched, and the commentary of the searched term is passed to the user interface unit 110. The user can read the commentary of the phrase via the user interface unit 110.

The operation of the search word conversion unit 210 shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 of the above embodiment is constructed as a program,
It is stored as a computer-readable form such as a disk device connected to a computer used as the server 200 or a portable storage medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a CD-ROM, and installed when implementing the present invention. By cooperating with the search engine, the present invention can be easily realized.

[Second Embodiment] In this embodiment, a search is made on the network, articles containing definitions of terms and explanations are automatically collected, and definitions and explanations related to terms are found and accumulated. A method for making search possible using the collected data will be described.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention. The system shown in the figure includes a computer network 300, an information collection device 301 for collecting text from the computer network 300, a text analysis unit 303 for analyzing the content of the collected text, and storing text information in a database based on the analysis result. ,
The system includes a text location information database 304 that stores text storage locations, a text database 306 that stores text, and a search device (search algorithm) 305 that searches for a term description requested by the user.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an information collecting operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Step 201) The information collection device 301 connected to the computer network 300 collects texts from the network (WWW or the like) 300 and passes the obtained texts to the text analysis unit 303. In addition,
As the information collecting device 301, a device having a function of collecting existing text data is applied.

Step 202) Text analyzer 303
Finds out whether term parsing is included in the text sentence.
This can be done by using a specific phrase ("about",
There is a method of checking whether "what is" is included. If a term explanation is included, the process proceeds to step 203; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 204.

Step 203) The location of the text collected by the information collection device 301 on the network is recorded in the location information database 304. For the text determined to include the term explanation by the text analysis unit 303, a flag is set. Stand up.

Step 204) The data file for which the text has been collected is stored in the text database 306.
At this time, the flag set in step 203 is stored together with the data file.

Next, the operation at the time of retrieval will be described.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation at the time of retrieval according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Step 301) The search device 305 determines whether or not the user searches the text database 306 for the purpose of obtaining a glossary.

Step 302) If the purpose is to obtain a glossary, the search device 305 searches the text database 306 from among those in which the flag set in step 202 is set.

Step 303) When the purpose of the term explanation is not intended, a normal (conventional) database search is performed.

In the above embodiment, the information collection device 301, the text analysis unit 303, and the search device 30 shown in FIG.
5 is described as a device, the operation of these devices is constructed as an information collection / retrieval program, and a disk device, a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, etc. connected to a computer used as the information collection / retrieval device. The present invention can be easily realized by storing it in a portable storage medium and installing it in the computer when implementing the present invention.

[Third Embodiment] In this embodiment, a commentary of a phrase in a text that the user is currently reading is searched and obtained in a network, and is provided to the user. The comment is included in the text. A description will be given of an example in which a commentary on a phrase to be searched is searched, and when the commentary is retrieved, the comment is presented to the user.

FIG. 9 shows the configuration of a commentary search system for words and phrases according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

The system shown in FIG. 11 searches for a commentary on a phrase included in the text, changes the appearance of the text so that the user can find the phrase in which the commentary is found, and displays it. This is to display a commentary on what the user has specified.

The text that the user wants to check is passed to the text display unit 401 when the program having the above-described function is not operating, and when the program is operating, the text is automatically input to the text input unit 402. The text is not directly passed to the text display unit 401, and the text is passed to the text analysis unit 403.

The text analysis unit 403 extracts a phrase included in the text, and extracts a phrase used for a search.
It is assumed that the user can set the criteria for removing the phrase. As an example of the standard, there is an abbreviation in alphabetical notation that is not included in an ordinary Japanese language dictionary.

The phrase extracted by the text analysis unit 403 is passed to the phrase search device 405 via the phrase search device interface 404. The phrase search device 405 searches for the input phrase and returns the search result to the phrase search device interface 404. The phrase search device interface 404 passes the search result to the text conversion unit 406.

The text conversion unit 406 determines the color or typeface of a word or phrase in which a comment is found (specified by the user or depending on the graphics environment of the computer on which the program is running).
(Automatic selection) and passes it to the text display unit 401.

The commentary found as a search result can be used at any time by recording its location in the text location information database 411 or storing the commentary itself in the text database 410 or memory. Keep it. This management is performed by the comment sentence management unit 407.

When the user specifies a word of the displayed commentary to be read using a pointing device such as a pointer or a cursor, the user input unit 408 receives the word and passes it to the commentary management unit 407. As a result, the comment sentence management unit 407 searches the text database 410 for a comment sentence of the passed word and passes it to the comment sentence display unit 409.
The commentary display unit 409 displays the commentary sent. At this time, if the number of commentary sentences is large, it is also possible to display a list and display what the user has selected from the list.

Text display unit 401, text conversion unit 4
06, the exchange of information between the commentary management unit 407, etc.
Perform using the application linkage function (using existing technology).

The above operation will be described using a specific example.

In the following example, the process is performed until a word included in the text is searched for and the search result is reflected in the display of the text. Is an abbreviation in alphabetical notation, and an example is shown in which the color of the phrase is changed to blue for processing when a commentary on the meaning of the phrase is found.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a specific operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

A word included in the text is input from the text input unit 402 (step 401). The input word is passed to the text analysis unit 403, and the text analysis unit 403 determines whether the word is an abbreviation of an alphabetical notation as a criterion of whether or not to search for the word (step 402). In this case, nothing is done (step 403), and if it is not an abbreviation of the alphabet, the word is regarded as a word to be searched (step 404).
It is passed to the phrase search device interface 404. As a result, the phrase search device 405 searches for a commentary on the search phrase on the network (step 405), and does nothing if it does not exist (step 403). If the phrase exists, the phrase is returned to the phrase search device interface 404, and the phrase is passed from the phrase search device interface 404 to the text converter 406. Thereby, the text conversion unit 406 converts the phrase into blue and displays it on the text display unit 401.

The operation of each component shown in FIG. 9 in this embodiment is constructed as a program, and a disk device connected to a computer used as a commentary search device, a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, or the like can be used. The present invention can be easily realized by storing it in a portable storage medium and installing it when implementing the present invention.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified and applied within the scope of the claims.

[0077]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a word whose meaning is to be examined is input, the word is automatically converted into a keyword for searching for only the definition and explanation, and the keyword is searched. From the beginning, a search is performed in a database that stores the locations of definitions and explanations of words and phrases on the network.

Therefore, the definition of the phrase in the keyword search,
If you want to search for commentary, you don't have to manually experiment with different keywords to find only those,
Convenience is improved.

Further, according to the present invention, words in the text being browsed are automatically searched, and if the commentary exists in an accessible database, the text is displayed in a format meaning that it exists. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not a commentary exists without having to manually search for each word, and the convenience is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of using a position information database according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart when a position information database according to the first embodiment of the present invention is used.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of using a solution database in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an information collecting operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an outline of an operation at the time of retrieval according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a commentary search system for words and phrases according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a specific operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Keyword input means 2 Keyword conversion means 3 Search means 4 Output means 100 User terminal 101 User 110 User interface unit 200 Server 210 Search word conversion unit 220 Search engine 300 Computer network 301 Information collection device 303 Text analysis unit 304 Text existence position information Database 305 Search device 306 Text database 310 Location information database 320 Commentary database 401 Text display unit 402 Text input unit 403 Text analysis unit 404 Word search device interface 405 Word search device 406 Text conversion unit 407 Explanation sentence management unit 408 User input reception Part 409 Commentary display part

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Claims (12)

[Claims] In a term description search method for searching a database in each computer connected via a computer network and acquiring a definition and commentary on a term specified by a user, when a user inputs a keyword as a search request, Converting the keyword into an expression that facilitates obtaining the commentary of the keyword as a search result; searching the database of the computer network using the converted search keyword; acquiring a definition / commentation corresponding to the keyword; A glossary search method that presents search results to users. 2. A term description search method for collecting information from a computer network, storing definitions and descriptions related to terms, and searching using the stored data, wherein the computer is executed at an arbitrary timing based on a certain phrase. Searching the database of the network and constructing a glossary of terminology for the term in the database as a collection of comments, and when a user inputs a keyword as a search request,
A term description search method, comprising: converting the keyword into an expression that is easy to obtain a description of the keyword as a search result; and searching the commentary collection using the converted keyword. 3. A term description search method for collecting information from a computer network, storing definitions and explanations related to terms, and searching using the stored data. At the time of construction, data containing a glossary of terms is flagged, and when a user enters a keyword as a search request,
A term description search, wherein the keyword is converted into an expression that can easily obtain a description of the keyword as a search result, and only the data in which the flag is set in the database is searched using the converted keyword. Method. 4. A term description search method for acquiring definitions and explanations of terms contained in a text being viewed, analyzing a text currently being viewed, and searching for definitions and explanations of terms contained in the text. A term description search method characterized by displaying the text by changing the color or typeface of only the searched words. 5. A term description search device for searching a database in each computer connected by a computer network and acquiring a definition / comment about a term specified by a user, wherein the user inputs a keyword as a search request. Keyword input means for receiving an input, keyword conversion means for converting the keyword into an expression that is easy to obtain as a search result of the description of the keyword, and searching the database of the computer network using the converted search keyword, A term description search device having a search means for acquiring a definition / comment corresponding to the keyword, and an output means for presenting a search result to a user. 6. A term explanation search device that collects information from a computer network, stores definitions and explanations related to terms, and searches using the accumulated data, based on a certain phrase at an arbitrary timing. An explanation collection generating means for searching a database of the computer network and constructing a term explanation for the phrase as an explanation collection in the database; and when a user inputs a keyword as a search request,
A term description search, comprising: a keyword conversion unit for converting the keyword into an expression that is easy to obtain as a search result of a description of the keyword; and a search unit for searching the commentary collection using the converted keyword. apparatus. 7. A term explanation search device that collects information from a computer network, stores definitions and explanations related to terms, and searches using the accumulated data, and collects data from the computer network. When building a database, a database construction means that flags data containing a glossary of terms and phrases, and when a user inputs a keyword as a search request,
A keyword conversion unit that converts the keyword into an expression that is easy to obtain as a search result as a search result of the keyword; and a search unit that searches only the data of the database with the flag set using the converted keyword. A term explanation search device characterized by having. 8. A term explanation search device for acquiring a definition and explanation of a phrase contained in a text being viewed, a text analysis means for analyzing the text currently being browsed, A term explanation search device comprising: an explanation search means for searching for a definition or an explanation; and a display means for displaying the text by changing the color or the font of only the searched term. 9. A storage medium storing a term explanation search program for searching a database in each computer connected by a computer network and acquiring a definition and explanation about a term specified by a user, wherein the user searches for the term explanation. A keyword input process for receiving an input of a keyword as a request, a keyword conversion process for converting the keyword into an expression that is easy to obtain as a search result of a description of the keyword, and a database of the computer network using the converted search keyword A storage medium storing a term explanation search program having a search process for searching for a keyword and obtaining a definition / comment corresponding to the keyword, and an output process for presenting a search result to a user. 10. A storage medium storing a term description search program that collects information from a computer network, stores definitions and explanations related to terms, and searches using the stored data. A search of a database of the computer network at an arbitrary timing, a commentary generation process for constructing a terminology for the phrase as a commentary in the database, and when a user inputs a keyword as a search request,
A term description search, comprising: a keyword conversion process of converting the keyword into an expression that is easy to obtain as a search result of a description of the keyword; and a search process of searching the commentary collection using the converted keyword. A storage medium that stores programs. 11. A storage medium storing a term explanation search program for collecting information from a computer network, storing definitions and explanations about terms, and searching using the stored data. When collecting data and constructing a database, the database construction process of flagging data that contains a glossary of terms, and when a user enters a keyword as a search request,
A keyword conversion process of converting the keyword into an expression that is easy to obtain as a search result as a search result of the keyword; and a search process of searching only the data of the database with the flag set using the converted keyword. A storage medium storing a term explanation search program characterized by having. 12. A storage medium storing a term explanation search program for acquiring definitions and explanations of terms contained in a text being viewed, a text analysis process for analyzing the text currently being viewed, and a text analysis process for analyzing the text currently being viewed. The terminology search program is characterized by having a commentary search process for searching the definition and commentary of the phrase being searched, and a display process for displaying the text by changing the color or typeface of only the searched word. Storage medium.