A
feature supported by most
word processors that lets you
replace a
character string (a series of
characters) with another string wherever the first string appears in the
document. Most word processors have two search and replace
modes. In the first mode, the word processor automatically makes all the replacements in the
file. In the second mode, the word processor requires you to approve each replacement. This is safer because you may not want to make the change everywhere.
Search and replace is sometimes called find and replace.
