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KWIC

KWIC is the initialism of keyword in context.

Forms of KWIC

pluralKWICs

Origin of KWIC

Coined by IBM research engineer Hans Peter Luhn.

Questions about KWIC

What is KWIC the initialism of?
KWIC is the initialism of keyword in context.

Words near KWIC in the dictionary

  1. Kwiateks
  2. Kwiatkowski
  3. Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test
  4. Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin tests
  5. Kwiatkowskis
  6. KWIC
  7. KWICs
  8. Kwiecien
  9. Kwieciens
  10. Kwiecinski
  11. Kwiecinskis

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