dtSearch Corp. is a

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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 ...

, Intranet/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 DOS Text Retrieval software product began in the first quarter of 1991. Initially it was distributed as

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-approved shareware. The product was featured in an article entitled "Text Retrieval Software" in an early edition of '' PC Magazine'' as a shareware alternative to the commercial products reviewed; these included ISYS, ZyIndex, Strix, askSam,

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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, Symantec approached dtSearch about including its search technology into one of the first applications for 32-bit Windows; the dtSearch end-user application was developed into a Dynamic-link library (DLL) which Symantec embedded in Norton Navigator, which was released alongside Microsoft’s initial release of its 32-bit Windows operating system,

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. In 2007 the company was listed in the EContent 100 list, a list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry.

Products

The current (v 7.9x) 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 64-bit 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 Windows - SDK with C++, .NET, COM, Java, Delphi APIs (32-bit and 64-bit versions) *dtSearch Engine for Linux - SDK with C++ and Java APIs *dtSearch Engine for Mac - 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

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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
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dtsearch Corp. Desktop search engines Information retrieval organizations Software companies based in Maryland Software companies of the United States Software companies established in 1991

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