index · reference

a name that points to a part in a list

Index (noun) means: a name that points to a part in a list. It emerges from name, list, points, part: The name points to a part in the list and establishes a link. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 16, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• In Python, the variable 'i' in 'for i in range(10)' refers to each integer from 0 to 9 during iteration. computing
• The Dewey Decimal number 598.094 on a library book spine points to its position in the bird literature section. institutions
• In the Apollo 11 checklist, 'PGNCS AUTO' is step 37 in the descent sequence to the Moon. engineering

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

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Provenance