indexer
/ˈɪndɛksər/
noun
- A person who creates an index for a book, database, or other collection of information.
- As an indexer, she carefully listed every important term and page number.
- The publisher hired a professional indexer to organize the reference book.
- The indexer worked with the author to make sure all key concepts were included.
- A computer program or algorithm that builds an index for searching or organizing data.
- A good indexer can make searches much faster and more accurate.
- The search engine uses a fast indexer to catalog millions of web pages.
- The database indexer updates automatically whenever new records are added.