15. A system comprising: at least one computing device; a processor included in the at least one computing device; memory coupled to the processor; an input device; and a video adapter via which the at least one computing device is configured to substantially simultaneously provide, in response to receiving, via the input device, one or more characters that form at least a portion of a query string that does not include an explicit submission of the portion of the query string, both query results and query refinement options, where the one or more received characters match at least one pattern that indicates one or more characters followed by a space character.
15. A system comprising: at least one computing device; a processor included in the at least one computing device; memory coupled to the processor; an input device; and a video adapter via which the at least one computing device is configured to substantially simultaneously provide, in response to receiving, via the input device, one or more characters that form at least a portion of a query string that does not include an explicit submission of the portion of the query string, both query results and query refinement options, where the one or more received characters match at least one pattern that indicates one or more characters followed by a space character. 20. The system of claim 15 where the at least one pattern is based at least in part on user input.