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Where does your definition of "an indexing" originate? The word "index" literally means "to point at" (hence, index/pointer finger), and in this sense, every el
by Twisol 8y ago
Where does your definition of "an indexing" originate? The word "index" literally means "to point at" (hence, index/pointer finger), and in this sense, every element may indeed be indexed -- in this case, by means of a unique integer.
If I had to give a name to the concept you're talking about, it would be an "ordinal index".
- coldtea 8y ago>If I had to give a name to the concept you're talking about, it would be an "ordinal index". Which is both the naive understanding of a numeric index in everyday life in general, and the most common case in mathematics (and most math/scientific software).
- e12e 8y agoIndex finger, or first finger, right next to the zeroeth finger, the thumb... ;)