indexing: significato e definizioni

Something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference, especially: An alphabetized list of names, places, and subjects treated in a printed work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned. A thumb index. A table, file, or catalog. Computers A list of keywords associated with a record or document, used especially as an aid in searching for information.

Something that reveals or indicates; a sign:"Her face .. was a fair index to her disposition"(Samuel Butler).

A character (☞) used in printing to call attention to a particular paragraph or section. Also called hand.

An indicator or pointer, as on a scientific instrument.

Mathematics A number or symbol, often written as a subscript or superscript to a mathematical expression, that indicates an operation to be performed, an ordering relation, or a use of the associated expression. A number derived from a formula, used to characterize a set of data.

A statistical value that represents the price or value of an aggregate of goods, services, wages, or other measurable quantities in comparison with a reference number for a previous period of time. A number that represents the change in price or value of stocks or other securities in a particular market, sector, or asset class. The stocks or other securities represented by an index.

Roman Catholic Church A list formerly published by Church authority, restricting or forbidding the reading of certain books.

To furnish with an index: index a book. To enter in an index.

To indicate or signal.

To adjust through indexation.