Indexing (Noun)
Meaning
The act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The librarian spent hours indexing the new collection of rare books to make them easily accessible to researchers.
- The company's database was improved by indexing the customer records, allowing for faster retrieval of information.
- Indexing the historical documents made it possible for historians to quickly locate specific events and dates.
- The search engine's indexing algorithm was updated to improve the relevance of search results.
- The archivist was responsible for indexing the museum's collection of artifacts, creating a detailed catalog of each item.