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title: Finding and retrieving information
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  The player queries a digital store of records, using filters, keywords and
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  - Electronic devices in games
  - Data
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  - id: source-090ee83445744667
    title: The Operator
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771980/'
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Finding and retrieving information
    description: >-
      The player queries a digital store of records, using filters, keywords and
      comparison to find relevant information.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/narrative-the-operator-02.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: The Operator
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      caption: A name becomes a query in HumanDB
      alt: A name becomes a query in HumanDB
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          label: The Connie Moore query opens the corresponding record
    tips:
      - Allow query refinement without losing previously found information.
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      - title: The Operator
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771980/'
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  Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
  2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
  classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
  editorial review.
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attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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# Finding and retrieving information

id: electronic-devices--family-g07
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g07
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g07/

The player queries a digital store of records, using filters, keywords and comparison to find relevant information.

## At a glance

![A name becomes a query in HumanDB](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/narrative-the-operator-02.webp)

[The Operator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771980/) · © Bureau 81 / Bureau 81 / indienova. All rights reserved.

1. The Connie Moore query opens the corresponding record

- Allow query refinement without losing previously found information.

- [The Operator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771980/)

## How it works

Devices: Computer; Smartphone; Terminal.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g07-variants"></a>

- View catalogs. Rule: Find the desired file among folders and attachments. <a id="variant-g07-01"></a>
- Search by keywords. Rule: Display new information through a well-chosen query. <a id="variant-g07-02"></a>
- Filter entries. Rule: Limit results by date, author, location, or data type. <a id="variant-g07-03"></a>
- Sort. Rule: Discover a pattern through the order of records. <a id="variant-g07-04"></a>
- Follow connections. Rule: Navigate between documents, links, contacts and related objects. <a id="variant-g07-05"></a>
- Review activity history. Rule: Restore actions based on call, visit and launch logs. <a id="variant-g07-06"></a>
- Explore metadata. Rule: Use time, coordinates, author and technical properties of the file. <a id="variant-g07-07"></a>
- Reveal hidden content. Rule: Find a secret folder, archive, draft or section inaccessible to normal search. <a id="variant-g07-08"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [The Operator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771980/) (id: source-090ee83445744667)

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