Reverse image search is a content-based image retrieval query technique that involves providing the CBIR system with a sample image that it will then base its search upon; in terms of information retrieval, the sample image is what formulates a search query.

How do you do a reverse image search?

That's a reverse image search. Google's reverse image search is a breeze on a desktop computer. Go to images.google.com, click the camera icon, and either paste in the URL for an image you've seen online, upload an image from your hard drive, or drag an image from another window.

What is reverse image search?

As the name suggests, reverse image search lets you search the internet using images (whether they are from the web or your own) as opposed to words. By sharing a specific image with your search engine, it will then go on to find others like it. ... It can also be used to find modified and amended versions of an image.