Index

Index may refer to:

Contents 1 Business 2 Publishing 3 Sciences 3.1 Computer science 3.2 Economics 3.3 Geography 3.4 Library and information science 3.5 Linguistics 3.6 Mathematics 4 Technologies 4.1 Mechanics 4.2 Optics 5 Other usages

Business

• Index (retailer), a defunct UK catalogue retailer formerly owned by the Littlewoods group and known as Littlewoods Index
• INDEX, a market research fair in Lucknow, India
• Index fund, a collective investment scheme
• Stock market index, a statistical average of prices of securities

Publishing

• Bibliographic index, a regularly updated print periodical publication that lists articles, books, and/or other information items, usually within a particular discipline
• Index (publishing), a detailed list, usually arranged alphabetically, of the specific information in a publication
• Index (typography), a largely obsolete punctuation mark
• Index cards in a rolodex or old library card catalog, early and mid 20th century technologies for maintaining such lists
• Germany's List of Media Harmful to Young People, colloquially known as The Index, published by the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien
• Index Librorum Prohibitorum, a list of publications which the Catholic Church censored
• Index Magazine, a New York City-based publication for art and culture
• index.hu, a Hungarian-language news and community portal
• Indexed (cartoon), a Web cartoon by Jessica Hagy
• The Index, the student newspaper of Kalamazoo College
• The Index (journal), a European propaganda journal created by Henry Hotze to support the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
• Thumb index, a round cut-out in the pages of a publication
• Toaru Majutsu no Index, a Japanese light novel, manga, and anime series
• Truman State University Index, the weekly student newspaper

Sciences

Computer science

• BitTorrent index, a list of .torrent files available for searches
• Index (computer science), either an integer which identifies an array element, or a data structure which enables fast lookup
• Index (database), a feature in a computerized database which allows quick access to the rows in a table
• Index (search engine), for supporting information retrieval in search engines
• Indexed color
• Subject indexing, describing the content of a document by keywords
• Webserver directory index, a default or index web page in a directory on a web server, such as index.html

Economics

• Index (economics), a single number calculated from an array of prices and quantities
  • Price index, a typical price for some good or service

Geography

• Index, New York, a hamlet in the County and Town of Otsego, New York, United States
• Index, Washington, a town in Snohomish County, Washington, United States

Library and information science

• Back-of-the-book index
• Bibliographic index, a regularly updated print periodical publication that lists articles, books, and/or other information items,
• Index (publishing), a detailed list, usually arranged alphabetically, of the specific information in a publication
• Subject indexing, describing the content of a document by keywords

Linguistics

• Indexicality, in linguistics, the variation of meaning of an utterance according to certain features of the context in which it is uttered

Mathematics

• In mathematics, an exponent (used in Australian schooling)
• Index (mathematics), for various meanings of the word in mathematics

Technologies

Mechanics

• Indexing (motion), a kind of motion in many areas of mechanical engineering and machining

Optics

• Refractive index, a measure for optical properties of transparent materials.

Other usages

• Index finger, the second digit of a human hand
• Index: a Denmark nonprofit organization which promotes Design for Life
• Index Ventures, a venture capital investment firm based in Switzerland
• The Index, an item on a halo megastructure in the Halo series of video games
• The Index (Dubai), a skyscraper in Dubai
• FamilySearch Indexing

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