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Nina is learning about clouds in her science class so she puts the phrase "types of clouds" in a search engine. In which step of a crawler-based search engine is this phrase most important?

A) indexing

B) crawling

C) ranking

D) retrieving

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Answer: d. Retrieving

Step-by-step explanation:

A crawler-based search engine is a type of search engines whereby a "crawler" or "spider' is used in searching the Internet. The function of the spider or the crawler is to help dig through the web pages, and then pull out the keywords relating to what the person typed in the search engine. Examples include Yahoo and Google.

Based on the information given in the question, the step of a crawler-based search engine that this phrase is most important is the retrieving stage. At that stage, the person is trying to get some information relating to what was typed in the search engine.

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