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(Plural "indices" or "indexes")

1. 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. See inverted index. [Other kinds?]

3. A search engine.

4. A subject index.

4. See coefficient of X.

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(1997-04-09)