index

(Plural "indices" or "indexes")

1. programming A number used to select an element of a list,

vector, array or other sequence. Such indices are nearly

always non-negative integers but see associative array.

2. database See inverted index. [Other kinds?]

3. World-Wide Web A search engine.

4. World-Wide Web A subject index.

4. jargon See coefficient of X.

[Jargon File]

(1997-04-09)