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An '''index''' is a system used to make finding information easier.
'''Index''' may also refer to:
* [[Index (publishing)]], a detailed list, usually arranged alphabetically, of the specific information in a publication
* [[Index card]]s in a rolodex or old library card catalog, early and mid 20th century technologies for maintaining such lists
* [[Index (mathematics)]], for various meanings of the word in mathematics
* [[Index (economics)]], a single number calculated from an array of prices and quantities.
* [[Index, Washington]], a town in Snohomish County, Washington, United States
* [[Index, New York]], a hamlet in the County and Town of [[Otsego, New York]], United States
* [[Index (typography)]], a largely obsolete punctuation mark
* [[Indexing (motion)]], a kind of motion in many areas of mechanical engineering and machining
In '''publications''':
* ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'', a list of publications which the Catholic Church censored
* Germany's List of Media Harmful to Young People, colloquially known as ''The Index'', published by the [[Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien]]
* ''[[Index Magazine]]'', was a prominent New York City based publication for art and culture
* ''[[Truman State University Index]]'', the weekly student newspaper
* ''The Index'', the student newspaper of [[Kalamazoo College]], published since 1877
* [[The Index (journal)|''The Index'' (journal)]], a European propaganda journal created by [[Henry Hotze]] to support the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
In '''computers and information retrieval''':
* [[Index (database)]], a feature in a computerized database which allows quick access to the rows in a table
* [[Index (information technology)]], either an integer which identifies an array element, or a data structure which enables fast lookup
* [[Index (search engine)]], for supporting information retrieval in search engines
* [[Webserver directory index]], a default or index web page in a directory on a web server, such as index.html
* [[Subject indexing]], describing the content of a document by keywords
* [[BitTorrent index]], a list of .torrent files available for searches
'''Other''':
* The Index, an item on the [[Halo (megastructure)]] in the Halo series of video games
* [[The Index (Dubai)]], a tower under construction in Dubai
* [[Index (retailer)]], a defunct UK catalogue retailer formerly owned by the Littlewoods group and known as ''Littlewoods Index''
* [[Index finger]], the second digit of a human hand
* [[Index fund]], a collective investment scheme
* [[Indexicality]], in linguistics, the variation of meaning of an utterance according to certain features of the context in which it is uttered
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