indexing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of index

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The process by which something is indexed.

   “Minimizing the number of indexings will make the algorithm more efficient.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A system used to assign indexes.

   “In zero-based indexing, array variables in a computer program are numbered upwards from zero.”