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index

From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15) | Glossary for this source

Something which points at other data; a server facility which provides pointers to particular data as a function of a query; a table of contents of a book in hypertext form. ( More ).
indexed-colour

From Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Second Edition) (2003-11-10) | Glossary for this source

image representation in which each pixel of the original image is represented by a single index into a palette . The selected palette entry defines the actual colour of the pixel.
indexical

From RDF Semantics (2004-02-10) | Glossary for this source

(adj., of an expression) having a meaning which implicitly refers to the context of use. Examples from English include words like 'here', 'now', 'this'.
indexing

From Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Second Edition) (2003-11-10) | Glossary for this source

representing an image by a palette , an alpha table , and an array of indices pointing to entries in the palette and alpha table.
string indexing

From Requirements for String Identity Matching and String Indexing (1998-07-10) | Glossary for this source

Indexing into a string to address a character or a sequence of characters. See section 4.

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