dtSearch Corp. is a software company which specializes in

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software. It was founded in 1991, and is headquartered in Bethesda,

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. Its current range of software includes products for enterprise

desktop search Desktop search tools search within a user's own computer files as opposed to searching the Internet. These tools are designed to find information on the user's PC, including web browser history, e-mail archives, text documents, sound files, images ...

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/Internet

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and search, and

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for developers ( SDK) to integrate into other software applications.

History

dtSearch Corp was founded by David Thede; the company started research and development in text retrieval in 1988 and incorporated in Virginia in 1991 as D T Software. Marketing of dtSearch 1.0 a

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Text Retrieval software product began in the first quarter of 1991. Initially it was distributed as Association of Shareware Professionals-approved

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. The product was featured in an article entitled "Text Retrieval Software" in an early edition of ''

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'' as a shareware alternative to the commercial products reviewed; these included ISYS, ZyIndex, Strix,

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, Assassin PC, Folio Views and Lotus SmartText. In the first few years after its initial release, dtSearch was an end-user application only. Then, in 1994,

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approached dtSearch about including its search technology into one of the first applications for

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Windows; the dtSearch end-user application was developed into a

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(DLL) which Symantec embedded in Norton Navigator, which was released alongside

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’s initial release of its 32-bit Windows

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. In 2007 the company was listed in the

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100 list, a list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry.

Products

The current (2024.01) product range is

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-based and has an index that can handle over 1 TB of data per index.

Products for End-users

*dtSearch Desktop with Spider – Windows client Desktop search software (32-bit and

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indexers) *dtSearch Network with Spider – as dtSearch Desktop but licensed for Network use (32-bit and 64-bit indexers) *dtSearch Web with Spider – browser based search-only client for Intranet/Internet usage based on Microsoft IIS (32- and 64-bit indexers)

Products for Software Developers

*dtSearch Engine for

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– SDK with C++,

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s (32-bit and 64-bit versions) *dtSearch Engine for

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– SDK with C++ and Java APIs *dtSearch Engine for

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– SDK with C++ and Java APIs *dtSearch Publish dtSearch Publish for EDD Production Law Technology News July 29, 2010
/ref> – a search front-end for CD/DVD publishing (32- and 64-bit indexers) *Document Filters – included with all products but available for separate licensing.

References

External links

Company WebsiteThe index is mightier than the sword - Windows IT Pro. August 27, 2008Desktop search gets down to business - InfoWorld. September 01, 2005Integrating Query of Relational and Textual Data in Clinical Databases - J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003 Jan–FebInformatics in Radiology. Render: An Online Searchable Radiology Study Repository - RadioGraphics 2009; 29:1233–1246

Use Of Intelligent Computer Search for the Patterns of Abnormal Lymphatic Uptake by F-18 FDG PET in Primary Lung Cancers - J Med Sci 2006;26(6):199-204
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