Looking up...
A list of topics or terms with page numbers, usually at the back of a book.
You can look up the word in the index to see where it appears.
The index shows the pages where the word is mentioned.
Commonly used in printed books, reports, and manuals.
A data structure that improves the speed of data retrieval operations in a database.
Creating an index on the 'email' column speeds up search queries.
The index makes searching by email faster.
Often a B‑tree or hash structure; essential for large tables.
A statistical measure that reflects the relative change in a set of prices or values over time.
The consumer price index rose 0.3% last month.
The CPI, a type of index, shows a small increase.
Examples include CPI, stock index, and price index.