relevant to a query the query is be created and sent to the computer in a variety of ways the query can be typed into keyboard 7 or selected from a predefined list by operating the mouse 9 also the search program can generate a query automatically the computer 20 responds to the query by retrieving documents from the database in the disk storage unit 50 and analyzing all of them to determine their relevance to the query during the analysis process the computer 20 interacts with the disk storage unit 50 to create a series of subqueries in the language of the database to create a series of subdocuments for each document in the database and to compute a score for each subdocument based on the subqueries the computer 20 then selects the subdocuments that are most relevant to the initial query the computer 20 then uses this information to create a list or otherwise retrieve the text of the most relevant subdocuments and or their associated documents and transmits that text to the i o unit 10 fig2 is a flow chart that illustrates the general operation of a computer system as illustrated in fig1 according to the present invention step 100 initially generates a query in a form useful for processing in the.