Index

  1. Method of sorting data by creating keywords or a listing of the data. A great example of an index of Computer Hope's hardware listing.
  2. When referring to the Internet or web pages, an index is more commonly known as an index.htm, index.html, index.asp, index.php, etc. The index file is commonly the first file loaded when accessing a directory on a website. For example, when visiting Computer Hope at http://www.computerhope.com you are actually accessing http://www.computerhope.com/index.htm.
  3. An index may also be a brief summary or section of a page or pages of documents created to allow another program or search engine to capture keywords or search several documents without having to open multiple files.

Also see: Internet definitions, Search engine, Site Map