Search Help

The Basics of Search

To enter a query, type in one or more descriptive words or phrases and press Enter (or click the Search button) for a list of relevant Web pages and documents. Since Search only returns Web pages and documents that contain all the words in your query, refining or narrowing your search is as simple as adding more words to the search terms you have already entered. Your new query will return a smaller subset of the pages that were found for your original "too-broad" query.

Choosing Keywords
For best results, it's important to choose your keywords wisely. Keep these tips in mind:
Automatic "and" Queries
By default, Search only returns pages that include all of your search terms. There is no need to include "and" between terms. Keep in mind that the order in which the terms are typed will affect the search results. To restrict a search further, just include more terms.

Capitalization
Searches are NOT case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for "wireless", "Wireless", and "WiReLeSs" will all return the same results.

Word Variations (Stemming)
Search now uses stemming technology. Thus, when appropriate, it will search not only for your search terms, but also for words that are similar to some or all of those terms. If you search for "pet dietary needs", we will now also search for "pet diet needs", and other related variations of your terms. Any variants of your terms that were searched for will be highlighted in the snippet of text accompanying each result.

Advanced Search Made Easy
You can increase the accuracy of your searches by adding operators that fine-tune your keywords. The options listed on this page can either be entered directly into the search box in the header or the functionality is available by entering your search keywords into the specific search boxes on the Advanced Search page.

"- "Searches
Sometimes what you're searching for has more than one meaning; "card" can refer to a variety of PC add-in devices including networking and graphics. You can exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign ("-") immediately in front of the term you want to avoid. (Be sure to include a space before the minus sign.)

Phrase Searches
Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks. Words enclosed in double quotes ("like this") will appear together in all results exactly as you have entered them. Phrase searches are especially useful when searching for famous sayings or proper names.

"OR" Searches
Search supports the logical "OR" operator. To retrieve pages that include either word A or word B, use an uppercase OR between terms.

Narrow Your Search

Intel® Category Selection
Narrow your search to specific categories of information within Intel.com by selecting the "Narrow Your Search" dropdown box. This will result in fewer and more relevant search results.
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