[The] act of searching through automated information system storage to locate or acquire information without necessarily knowing of the existence or the format of the information being sought [NIS]
The process of creating and maintaining an up-to-date list of computers and resources on a network or part of a network by one or more designated computers running the Computer Browser service See Computer Browser service
Searching either purposefully or aimlessly through directories, file contents, database information, or any other type of computer document or listing