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  2. Inverted index - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_index

    In computer science, an inverted index (also referred to as a postings list, postings file, or inverted file) is a database index storing a mapping from content, such as words or numbers, to its locations in a table, or in a document or a set of documents (named in contrast to a forward index, which maps from documents to content). [1]

  3. Search engine indexing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_indexing

    Because the inverted index stores a list of the documents containing each word, the search engine can use direct access to find the documents associated with each word in the query in order to retrieve the matching documents quickly. The following is a simplified illustration of an inverted index:

  4. Reverse index - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_index

    In database management systems, a reverse key index strategy reverses the key value before entering it in the index. [1] E.g., the value 24538 becomes 83542 in the index. Reversing the key value is particularly useful for indexing data such as sequence numbers , where each new key value is greater than the prior value, i.e., values ...

  5. Comet (programming) - Wikipedia

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    The use of Comet techniques in web development predates the use of the word Comet as a neologism for the collective techniques. Comet is known by several other names, including Ajax Push, [4] [5] Reverse Ajax, [6] Two-way-web, [7] HTTP Streaming, [7] and HTTP server push [8] among others. [9]

  6. Fold (higher-order function) - Wikipedia

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    Where func receives as arguments the result of the previous operation (or the initial value on the first iteration); the current item; the current item's index or key; and a reference to the obj: Clojure (reduce func initval list) (reduce func initval (reverse list)) (reduce func list) (reduce func (reverse list)) See also clojure.core.reducers ...

  7. Web indexing - Wikipedia

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    Web indexing, or Internet indexing, comprises methods for indexing the contents of a website or of the Internet as a whole. Individual websites or intranets may use a back-of-the-book index , while search engines usually use keywords and metadata to provide a more useful vocabulary for Internet or onsite searching.

  8. Help : Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Customizing Wikipedia ...

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    There's no edit toolbar, because there's no need for buttons for inserting a signature, or a table, or other text. There's also a message about using the "Show preview" button to test the added JavaScript before saving the page. 4. Add an edit summary (Adding JavaScript for user tabs, for example) and then click the "Show preview" button.

  9. Database index - Wikipedia

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    Database systems usually implicitly create an index on a set of columns declared PRIMARY KEY, and some are capable of using an already-existing index to police this constraint. Many database systems require that both referencing and referenced sets of columns in a FOREIGN KEY constraint are indexed, thus improving performance of inserts ...