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When items are indexed they are
methodically organized and listed. A familiar type
of index is the list that of pages that can be found
in the back of a book. Words are listed
alphabetically, each word in the list has a page
number associated with it that tells the reader of
the book on which page that subject appears.
The process of organizing the terms and listing them
in a systematic way is called indexing. An index in
computer programming acts in a similar way to
indexes found in the back of books, it points the
user in the correct direction so they can find the
information they are looking for. |
