index term

noun

Definitions

  1. A term associated with particular documents in an index used for document retrieval

    A term associated with particular documents in an index used for document retrieval; typically, a term that captures the essential meaning of a document.

    • This includes a term dictionary that provides for each allowable index term a pointer giving the addresses of the document lists in the term index for the corresponding term; […]
    • If the indexing is being performed automatically, by an algorithm, there is consistency in the index term selection process.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for index term. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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