indexing
Creating searchable entries
Indexing is the process of creating an index—an organized reference that points to where information can be found.
A book's index lists topics with page numbers.
In computing, search engines index websites to make them searchable.
In finance, indexing ties investments to a market index: index funds use passive indexing strategies.
The term also covers adjusting values to track inflation or other benchmarks: wage indexing.
Request for information
- retrievalAct of getting back
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
caching · hashing · sorting · parsing · tokenization · compression · tables · keys
Stored historical records
- bibliographyList of cited works
- collectionGathered set of items
- directoryFile system container
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
register · repository · compilation · manifest · enumeration · gazetteer · lexicon · thesaurus
Storing documents systematically
- systematizeArrange into ordered structure
- arrangePlace methodically
- categorizeAssign to distinct groups
- sortMethod of ordering
structure · order · tabulate · codify · compile · classify · group · taxonomy
Something that inches along
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- SEOImproving site discoverability
- rankingOrdered position assignment
- engineMachine producing motion
Google · keywords · sitemap · algorithm · webpages · hyperlinks · spider · robots.txt
Acknowledged source mentions
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
- bibliographyList of cited works
- annotatedSupplied with explanatory notes
scholarly · sources · concordance · locator · alphabetical · entries · cross-reference · appendix
Sustained price level increase
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- CPIInflation measurement abbreviation
- cost-of-livingPrice of basic needs
COLA · securities · fund · tracker · ETF · passive · S&P · Dow
query
Request for information
- retrievalAct of getting back
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- metadataDescriptive information about content
optimization · caching · hashing · sorting · parsing · tokenization · compression · tables · keys · B-tree
archive
Stored historical records
- bibliographyList of cited works
- collectionGathered set of items
- directoryFile system container
inventory · register · repository · compilation · manifest · enumeration · gazetteer · lexicon · thesaurus · anthology
filing
Storing documents systematically
- systematizeArrange into ordered structure
- arrangePlace methodically
- categorizeAssign to distinct groups
sort · structure · order · tabulate · codify · compile · classify · group · taxonomy · tagging
crawler
Something that inches along
engine · Google · keywords · sitemap · algorithm · webpages · hyperlinks · spider · robots.txt · PageRank
citations
Acknowledged source mentions
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
- bibliographyList of cited works
annotated · scholarly · sources · concordance · locator · alphabetical · entries · cross-reference · appendix · glossary
inflation
Sustained price level increase
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- CPIInflation measurement abbreviation
cost-of-living · COLA · securities · fund · tracker · ETF · passive · S&P · Dow · NASDAQ
subscript
Text below the line
position · sequence · series · summation · set · member · matrix · vector · tensor · dimension
- data processingnormalization, data entry, standardization, encoding, scaling
- legal researchcase law, legal search, legal citation, digests, LexisNexis
- library softwarecataloging, circulation, check-in, check-out, checkout
- library tasksshelving, cataloging, book lending, book return, checkout
- NTFSpermissions, file compression, timestamps, auditing, file recovery
- records managementrecordkeeping, record keeping, document management, data retention, file management
indexingdisorganization
Absence of systematic arrangement
chaos · disorder · scrambling · jumbling · scattering
indexinghiding
Staying out of sight
concealing · obscuring · burying · suppressing · obfuscating
indexingdeindexing
Removing from search databases
deleting · purging · excluding · blacklisting · unlisting
index, indicate, indication, indicator, indexed, indexes, indicative, indexer, unindexed