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  "slug": "1998-june-boolean-logic-primer",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1998-june-boolean-logic-primer.html",
  "year": 1998,
  "month": "June",
  "monthNum": 6,
  "headline": "Boolean Logic Primer",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "A primer explaining how Boolean logic operators (OR, AND, NOT) work to broaden or narrow search results in databases and search engines.",
  "keywords": [
    "Boolean",
    "search",
    "operators"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Technology",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "Boolean Logic Primer\n\nOR broadens the results AND narrows the results NOT narrows the results\n\ncontain at least one item)* contain all items) (results must contain A & B but no C's)\n\nA or B or C A and B and C (A and B) not C\nhurricane or surge or damage hurricane and surge and damage (hurricane and surge) not damage\n\n* An \"OR\" search would look for \"hurricane\" or \"surge\" or \"damage\" or any combination of the three words. In the illustration above, the results indicate every possible result except the combination of all three words.",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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