Look up: indexing

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   Indexing
   A passive instrument strategy consisting of the construction of a portfolio of stocks designed to track the total return performance of an index of stocks.
   Found on http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial
   
   
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   indexing
   A procedure to determine whether a given plant is infected by a virus. It involves the transfer of a bud, scion, sap etc. from one plant to one or more kinds of indicator plants sensitive to the virus.
   Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary
   
   
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   indexing
   intellectual analysis of the subject matter of a document to identify the concepts represented in it, and allocation of the corresponding preferred terms to allow the information to be retrieved. The term 'subject indexing' is often used for this concept, but within a context that does not deal with other elements such as authors or dates, 'indexing' is sufficient.
   Found on http://www.willpowerinfo.co.uk/glossary.
   
   
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   Indexing
   Process of determining the presence of disease in a plant by transferring inoculum from the plant to another in which diagnostic symptoms develop. The second plant is termed a 'test' or an 'indicator plant'.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
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   Indexing
   Determining virus infections of the host by transmission tests on virus indicators.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
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   indexing
   [n] - the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Indexing
   [See firstly event memory and story memory.] The concept of 'indexing' is a valuable, but oft-ignored, aspect of Schank and Abelson's (1995) story-based approach to memory, and it earns its value from the simple fact that a prior experience is only useful if it can be used. That means being able to
   Found on http://www.smithsrisca.demon.co.uk/memor
   
   
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   Indexing
   Search engines are programs that act as a card catalogue for the Internet. Search engines attempt to index and locate desired information by searching for keywords that a user specifies. The method for finding this information is by maintaining indices of Web resources that can be queried for the keywords entered by the user. These indices are crea...
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   Indexing
   To assign key words or subject headings to texts, files, or documents
   Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#
   
   
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    indexing
    a method of portfolio management by buying stocks that compose a well-known index, often the Standard and Poor 500,and sticking with them. Not to be confused with indexed-linked (i.e. tied to the rate of inflation) Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • Presentation in a documentary language of data extracted from a document Category: Documentation and information &b...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    indexing
    noun the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve
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    Indexing
    A passive instrument strategy calling for construction of a portfolio of stocks designed to track the total return performance of an index of stocks.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg
    
    
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    Indexing
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Index
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    indexing
    (from the article `plant disease`) ...be done to restore its health. Control is accomplished by several methods, such as growing resistant species and varieties of plants or obtaining ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/16
    
    
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    Indexing
    A strategy utilizing a portfolio of stocks designed to track the performance of a stock index. Discover What It’s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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    Indexing
    A passive investment strategy that tracks the total return of a securities index
    Found on http://www.smartmoney.com/university/glo
    
    
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    Indexing
    Creation of a standard, say, 100 percent of recovery of promotion cost, to allow comparison between mailings of different sizes.
    Found on http://www.nmoa.org/Library/index.htm