Computer punctuation

Computer punctuation follows strict rules. Understanding these rules helps programmers and end users to enter information into computers and to look up information which is already in them.

Web Sites

When doing a web search (in a browser, using a search engine), entering multiple terms separated by spaces is the standard. The search engine tries to find pages which contain all the terms.

When some of the terms are enclosed in quotation marks

Reagan "trust but verify"

then the words so enclosed must be found in precisely that sequence.