indexing
/ˈɪndɛksɪŋ/
noun
- The act of creating an alphabetical list of names, subjects, or topics in a book or document, usually at the end.
- Good indexing makes it easy to find information in a large textbook.
- The indexing of the encyclopedia took the editor several months.
- She learned indexing as part of her library science degree.
- The process of organizing data or information so that it can be quickly searched or retrieved, especially by a computer or search engine.
- Proper indexing of files helps the computer find them faster.
- The database indexing improved the speed of customer lookups.
- Search engines rely on web indexing to return relevant results.
- A system of adjusting wages, pensions, or interest rates according to changes in a price index or cost of living.
- The government introduced indexing to protect pensions from inflation.
- Many retirement plans use indexing to adjust benefits annually.
- Wage indexing ensures that salaries keep up with rising prices.
adjective
- Relating to or used for creating an index or organizing data.
- The librarian showed us the indexing tools for the archive.
- We need an indexing system for all our digital photos.
- The indexing software automatically scans new documents.