Meaning of parameters in a Google query?

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Published on 2010-03-08T12:08:44Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 12:21 UTC
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Are there any ressources on what the parameters in a Google query mean? Any analysis how the Google search pages work internally?

Examples would be

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=lol&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&fp=45675624562456

or

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=11&ved=KJSGHFKSDJF&url=sfdgagasdgasdgasgasg&rct=j&q=fghthwrteghedgf&ei=asdfasdfsa&usg=asdfasdfasf

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