Indexes in spanish

Índices

pronunciation: indiθes part of speech: noun
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index [indices/indexes, -pl.]1 = índice. [Listado alfabético o sistemático de materias que envían a la posición de cada materia en un documento o conjunto de documentos]

Example: An index, in the context of information retrieval, is some kind of physical mechanism, or tool, which serves to indicate to the searcher those parts of an information store which are potentially relevant to a request.

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» alphabetical index = índice alfabético. [En un documento, lista de nombres o temas tratados en él ordenados alfabéticamente y con una referencia a su localización en el mismo]

Example: An alphabetical index is an alphabetical arrangement of concepts which gives their respective notations and thus their exact position within the schedules.

» alphabetical index heading = encabezamiento alfabético, entrada alfabética.

Example: It was observed that this type of string showed potential for alphabetical index headings.

» alphabetical subject index = índice alfabético de materias. [Lista de las materias de las que tratan un conjunto de obras con una referencia a las obras en las que aparecen ordenada alfabéticamente como contrapuesto a una ordenación sistemática]

Example: The first function of the alphabetical subject index to the classified file is to provide for the approach to subjects via their names: subjects are stated in verbal terms and provided with their corresponding class numbers.

» articulated subject index = índice articulado de materias.

Example: Articulated subject indexes are based on title-like phrases that have some conventions concerning citation order.

» author index = índice de autores.

Example: The author index, or 'author/title index', of a classified catalogue consists of entries and references arranged in alphabetical order of author and, where required, title, translator, series etc, headings.

» back-of-book index = índice final.

Example: We will, however, look first at a related topic, namely the preparation of back-of-book indexes.

» back-of-the-book index = índice final. [Indice que aparece al final de un documento generalmente de conceptos o autores citados en el mismo]

Example: Subject access might be improved considerably by the addition of further access points taken, for example, from tables of contents or back-of-the-book indexes.

» bibliometric index = índice bibliométrico.

Example: It is the bibliometric index more used around the world.

» book index = índice de libro. [Documento secundario que presenta una lista ordenada de términos seleccionados de un documento con referencia a su localización]

Example: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific names appear.

» BTI (British Technology Index) = BTI (Indice Británico de Tecnología).

Example: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

» card based post-coordinate index = índices postcoordinados de fichas.

Example: Card based post-coordinate indexes and some computerized information storage and retrieval systems can be viewed as belonging to the same family of indexing systems.

» card index = catálogo de fichas.

Example: Card catalogues or indexes comprise a set of cards often 5x3 inches (122x72 mm), with each entry on a separate card.

» card index system = sistema de indización de fichas.

Example: This article describes the features of Cardbox-Plus, an information management system (IMS) designed to function like an electronic version of a card index system, produced by Business Simulations Ltd = Este artículo describe las características de Cardbox-plus, un sistema de gestión de la información (SGI) que funciona como una versión electrónica de un sistema de indización de fichas, diseñado por Business Simulations Ltd.

» citation index = índice de citas. [Indice que consiste esencialmente en una lista de obras que han sido citadas en otros trabajos posteriores y una lista de los trabajos de los que se han recogido las citas y que se utiliza para identificar obras publicadas posteriormente cuyo tema está relacionado con el de la obra citada]

Example: A citation index is 'an ordered list of references (cited works) in which each reference is followed by a list of the sources (citing works) which cite it'.

» Citation Index = Indice de Citas.

Example: This article describes the 4 indexes comprising the SCI: the Source Index, the Citation Index, the Permuterm Subject Index and the Corporate Index.

» computer book form index = índice encuadernado en forma de listado de ordenador.

Example: Computer book form catalogues and indexes are one the products of computer processing of catalogue and index records.

» consumer price index (CPI) = índice de precios al consumo (IPC). [Informe mensual sobre el precio medio de diversos productos y servicios que sirve de medida de la fluctuación del coste de vida]

Example: While most Americans have heard of the consumer price index (CPI), many people are not knowledgeable about its meaning or history.

» controlled index-language term = término del lenguaje de indización controlado.

Example: We might search under Glasshouses and retrieve a set of documents that had the controlled index-language term 'Greenhouses' assigned.

» controlled index term = término de indización controlado.

Example: This is an example of the way in which searching on controlled index terms can be used to yield maximum retrieval.

» Corporate Index = Indice de Autores Corporativos.

Example: This article describes the 4 indexes comprising the SCI: the Source Index, the Citation Index, the Permuterm Subject Index and the Corporate Index.

» cumulated index = índice acumulativo.

Example: The computer merely has to reprint the index to include all titles to be covered by the cumulated index.

» Cumulative Book Index (CBI) = Cumulative Book Index (CBI). [Bibliografía editada en el Reino Unido]

Example: To illustrate some of the points already made, below are the entries for a single document as recorded in the Cumulative Book Index (CBI), a bibliography using the principles of the dictionary catalogue.

» cumulative index = índice acumulativo. [Indice que reúne en una sóla secuencia los índices de varios números de una publicación seriada que han sido publicados por separado]

Example: A cumulative index covering the first five years, 1970-74, has been published in a separate volume.

» derived index = índice derivado automáticamente de los documentos. [Indice obtenido de la manipulación automática de las palabras significativas de los documentos, especialmente los títulos]

Example: Derived indexes such as Key Word In Context (KWIC) and Key Word Out of Context (KWOC) all depend on titles being fully representative of content, an often unwarranted assumption, particularly in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.

» general index = índice general.

Example: In a general index it may only be possible to distinguish between different meanings of the one homograph by using scope notes or qualifying terms wherever the term arises.

» generate + index = crear un índice.

Example: Usually indexes are generated at intervals to cover several issues.

» hierarchical index = índice jerárquico.

Example: The display in the hierarchical index shows all terms related to the main term, either directly, or at one or more removes from it, by an 'NT' reference.

» immediacy index = índice de impacto inmediato. [Medida de la importancia de una publicación en función de la frecuencia con la que ha sido citada en el pasado inmediato]

Example: This article reports the findings of an investigation which was conducted in order to determine if either the impact factor or the immediacy index provide useful insights into the qualitative relations among scientific journals.

» index-based = basado en índices.

Example: The objective here is to select representative products from the array of abstracts and index-based services.

» index card = ficha. [Tarjeta pequeña sobre la que se registra información referente a un documento y que se guarda en un fichero o catálogo]

Example: Aperture cards, where the full text of the document is kept in a special index card in the form of a microfiche, have been used for various collections of, for instance, patents and technical drawings.

» index description = indización. [Descripción del contenido de un documento de acuerdo con un lenguaje documental]

Example: The translated subject analysis, either in form of words or code numbers, will constitute the index description of the document.

» index disc = disco índice. [En una base de datos montada en varios discos, aquel disco que contiene el índice o índices acumulativos de los demás y que suele ser el último]

Example: Before starting Bibliofile be sure that the CD-ROM drive is turned on and loaded with the index disc.

» index entry = punto de acceso, asiento, encabezamiento.

Example: All index entries and references in a PRECIS index are derived from an indexing string.

» index file = fichero. [Se asume que está ordenado de algún modo]

Example: This library service includes bright wall displays, pamphlets on open racks, availability of lists and directories, access to index files of local information, clear guiding on shelves and cabinet files, and the re-packaging of complex or ephemeral material.

» index finger = dedo índice.

Example: And simultaneously he curled his index finger up and down that in the vocabulary of his gesture was meant to signify 'Come over here'.

» index heading = encabezamiento, entrada.

Example: If one word is used out of context as an index heading, plainly it will be difficult to establish the interpretation to be placed on the homograph.

» index language = lenguaje de indización, lenguaje documental.

Example: Such an extreme form of control would achieve an index language which, like pidgin English, would be capable of being easily learned and used.

» index record = entrada, asiento.

Example: Subject indexes consist of a series of index records with each record incorporating a word or phrase describing the subject acting as the access point, and further details.

» index searching = búsqueda en el índice.

Example: Computer searching has many facilities and permits a more flexible approach to index searching, but printed indexes have the advantage of ease of perusal.

» index string = cadena de indización. [En lenguajes documentales, palabras que el ordenador recibe para generar entradas en un índice según un proceso automatizado]

Example: Also, if a simple algorithm for the generation of index entries can be stated then additional entries and references can be printed by computer, using the primary index string as input data.

» index system = sistema de indización.

Example: This article describes the features of Cardbox-Plus, an information management system (IMS) designed to function like an electronic version of a card index system, produced by Business Simulations Ltd = Este artículo describe las características de Cardbox-plus, un sistema de gestión de la información (SGI) que funciona como una versión electrónica de un sistema de indización de fichas, diseñado por Business Simulations Ltd.

» index term = descriptor, término del índice, encabezamiento. [En lenguajes documentales, término que se utiliza para describir el contenido de un documento]

Example: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

» index vocabulary = lista de descriptores.

Example: A classification scheme must therefore have an alphabetical index to serve as its entry vocabulary, leading us to the schedules which form the index vocabulary by means of the notation which forms the code vocabulary.

» index word = descriptor.

Example: The Permuterm index (as featured in Science, and Social Sciences Citation Indexes) is similar to a Double-KWIC index in that it provides for simple coordination of index words.

» individual performance index = índice de rendimiento personal.

Example: In order to test the robustness of their univariate and multivariate tests, multiple regressions were performed on 3 criteria: scientific productivity, citation impact, and individual performance index.

» inverted index = índice invertido.

Example: When a new record is added to the data base or an existing record amended, the inverted indexes will need to be updated.

» item record index = índice de registro por documento.

Example: Item record indexes, whatever their physical format, share certain advantages and disadvantages.

» KWICed index = índice permutado del tipo KWIC.

Example: KWICed or permuterm index entries are filed under each significant word in an entry.

» KWIC index = índice KWIC. [³ndice que contiene los títulos ordenados alfabéticamente por cada una de las palabras con contenido y presentados de modo que la palabra clave aparece en el centro de la pantalla con el resto del título a ambos lados en su orden natural]

Example: A simple KWIC index is, as the name suggests, based upon 'keywords' that appear in the titles of documents.

» localisation index = índice de localización.

Example: Here, the localisation index of a union catalogue is defined as the percentage of interlibrary lending (ILL) requests this catalogues can localise correctly.

» medical index = índice de medicina.

Example: The aim of the study was to determine which of 5 medical indexes provides the most comprehensive review of journals cited.

» microfilm index = índice en microfilm.

Example: The arrangement of headings into an overall sequence is important, and an order which is erratic, unpredictable, or with which the user is not familiar can lead to poor retrieval in any printed, card or microfilm index or catalogue.

» name index = índice de nombres.

Example: For example, the name, title and subject indexes are KWIC-indexed, to make every significant word in these headings available in context.

» natural language index = índice en lenguaje natural.

Example: Natural language indexes are based on the premise that titles, or more specifically the words in titles, convey the subject content of the document to which the title pertains.

» periodical index = índice de publicaciones periódicas.

Example: A periodical index is an index to a specific periodical title.

» permuted index = índice permutado.

Example: KWICed or permuterm index entries are filed under each significant word in an entry.

» permuted keyword index = índice permutado de palabras clave.

Example: Interestingly enough, Green himself had paid a visit to the 'Manchester Reference Library' where he was shown round by the librarian, Andrea Crestadoro, now best remembered as the pioneer of permuted keyword indexes.

» permuted title index = índice permutado de títulos.

Example: This update comprises a bibliography of 910 references to on-line information retrieval covering the approximate time period 1984 to early 1985, permuted title (KWIC) index and author index.

» Permuterm index = índice de términos permutados.

Example: Double KWIC and Permuterm indexes arrange pairs of keywords, so that the entries under one keyword are organised according to the second keyword.

» Permuterm Subject Index = Indice Permutado de Materias.

Example: This article describes the 4 indexes comprising the SCI: the Source Index, the Citation Index, the Permuterm Subject Index and the Corporate Index.

» pool index = índice colectivo.

Example: If the entries are KWIC indexed in the regular files, they are KWICed in the pool index as well.

» post-coordinate index = índice postcoordinado.

Example: In a post-co-ordinate index each document is first assigned some type of accession or serial number, and is then analysed, and its subject represented by a number of index terms, perhaps as many as ten or twenty.

» pre-coordinate index = índice precoordinado.

Example: Because the co-ordination of index terms in the index description is decided before any particular request is made, the index is termed a pre-co-ordinate index.

» printed index = índice impreso.

Example: A printed index is a pointer, or indicator, or more fully, a systematic guide to the items contained in, or concepts derived from a collection.

» produce + an index = elaborar un índice, producir un índice.

Example: A similar program, Newsdex, produces indexes to journals and newspapers from terms assigned to each article.

» proportiometric index = índice proporciométrico. [Método para calcular la producción de un autor según el número de páginas publicadas y no los documentos]

Example: A new bibliometric indicator, the hierarchically-adjusted author proportiometric index, is described.

» quinquennial index = índice quinquenal.

Example: The latest quinquennial index occupies over sixty volumes!.

» relative index = índice relativo. [Lista alfabética de todas y cada una de las materias presentes en un sistema de clasificación adjunta a las tablas para facilitar la labor de asignación de notaciones]

Example: A relative index contains at least one entry for each subject in the scheme, and, by use of the alphabetical sequence, gathers together all aspects of a concrete subject, which are likely to have been scattered by a discipline-orientated approach in the basic order of the scheme.

» Science Citation Index (SCI) = Indice de Citas de Ciencia (SCI).

Example: The Permuterm index (as featured in Science, and Social Sciences Citation Indexes) is similar to a Double-KWIC index in that it provides for simple coordination of index words.

» search + index = consultar un índice.

Example: Still, however, it is necessary for users to leave the online catalogue and move to an entirely separate system to search the indexes.

» shunted index = índice permutado.

Example: PRECIS indexing, cycled indexing, rotated indexing and SLIC indexing are all different types of shunted indexes in which the components of index headings are moved to generate additional entries.

» Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) = Indice de Citas de las Ciencias Sociales (SSCI).

Example: The Permuterm index (as featured in Science, and Social Sciences Citation Indexes) is similar to a Double-KWIC index in that it provides for simple coordination of index words.

» source index = índice de fuentes.

Example: The source index lists all documents included in the journals covered by the index, and issues published in the time span of the particular cumulation.

» Source Index = Indice de Fuentes.

Example: This article describes the 4 indexes comprising the SCI: the Source Index, the Citation Index, the Permuterm Subject Index and the Corporate Index.

» special index = índice especializado.

Example: In a special index the meaning of a homograph may be obvious by its having been placed in an index on the given subject.

» specialist index = índice especializado.

Example: For example, in a general index it might be adequate to regard Prisions and Dungeons as one and the same, but in a specialist index devoted to Criminology this would probable not be acceptable.

» specific index = índice específico.

Example: A specific index can be devised if the classification scheme is such that there is only one location for each subject so that one specific entry can be made for each subject in the index.

» subject index = índice de materias, índice temático. [En la clasificación y recuperación de documentos, una lista términos que nos permite acceder al contenido de una publicación, catálogo o colección]

Example: Subject indexes consist of a series of index records with each record incorporating a word or phrase describing the subject acting as the access point, and further details.

» subject-type title indexes = índices de títulos al estilo de los índices de materia.

Example: Subject-type title indexes have two important attractions.

» term record index = índice de registro por término.

Example: Storage medium and associated equipment (for example, sorting and punching devices, cards, magnetic tape) tends to be cheaper than the term record index equivalent.

» thematic index = índice temático. [Lista de las obras de un compositor, generalmente ordenada cronológicamente o por categorías, en la que aparece el tema de cada una de las composiciones]

Example: A thematic index is a list of a composer's works, usually arranged in chronological order or by categories, with the theme given for each composition or for each section of large compositions.

» thematic index number = número de tema.

Example: In particular, a title that consists solely of the name(s) of type(s) of composition requires the following elements in addition to the statement of the medium of performance: serial number, opus number or thematic index number, key.

» thumb index = índice digital. [En un libro de referencia, muescas que se hacen en el borde externo para indicar las diferentes secciones del mismo; siendo este tipo de índice más comúnmente usado en diccionarios]

Example: The librarian should provide the means whereby the catalogue user can quickly locate the required section of the catalogue just as a thumb index helps the person consulting a reference book to locate the appropriate section or chapter.

» title index = índice de títulos.

Example: Title indexes are indexes in which the title is used as the headings or access point in entries.

» topical index = índice de materias.

Example: Both the Micropaedia and Macropaedia sections are arranged alphabetically, with access to specific information enhanced by the 513-page Propaedia (which functions in part as a topical index to articles in both the Micropaedia and Macropaedia).

» typeset computer book form index = índice de listado de ordenador compuesto tipográficamente.

Example: As opposed to more professionally typeset computer book form catalogues and indexes.

» UNDEX (United Nations Documents Index) = UNDEX (Indice de Documentos de las Naciones Unidas). [Antes conocida como UNDI: lista de todas las publicaciones de las diferentes agencias de las Naciones Unidas]

Example: Until the early 1960s UNDEX (then known as UNDI -- United Nations Documents Index) was the principal source of bibliographic information about the publications of the various United Nations specialized agencies.

» UNDI (United Nations Documents Index) = UNDI (Indice de Documentos de las Naciones Unidas). [Actualmente conocido como UNDEX: lista de todas las publicaciones de las diferentes agencias de las Naciones Unidas]

Example: Until the early 1960s UNDEX (then known as UNDI -- United Nations Documents Index) was the principal source of bibliographic information about the publications of the various United Nations specialized agencies.

» uniterm index = índice por unitérminos.

Example: In the uniterm index each individual index card represents a simple subject concept.

» visible index = índice visible. [Indice en el que las entradas o fichas están superpuestas escalonadamente de tal modo que de cada entrada sobresale sólo el encabezamiento dando la impresión de ser una línea de texto en una página]

Example: Visible indexes, strangely, are normally used for catalogues.

index [indices/indexes, -pl.]2 = nivel, grado, índice. [Resultado de una prueba]

Example: As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.

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» affinity index = índice de afinidad.

Example: Improvements on the above measures lead to 2 new citation indicators: the Openness Index and the affinity index.

» air quality index = índice de calidad del aire.

Example: With the help of the air quality index, the concentrations of different pollutants are divided into five categories, from good to very poor.

» body mass index (BMI) = índice de masa corporal (IMC).

Example: The purpose of this analysis was to document the change in body mass index (BMI) over a two-year period in poor women from urban Mexico.

» consumer confidence index = índice de confianza del consumidor.

Example: Indonesia's consumer confidence index in October showed more respondents were optimistic about the economy than those who are pessimistic.

» cost of living index = índice del coste de (la) vida; índice del costo de (la) vida; cesta de la compra, la; índice de precios al consumo.

Example: A cost of living index compares the average cost of living in a particular area with the average cost of living elsewhere.

» economic index = índice económico.

Example: These key economic indexes have now touched the yellow alert point for the first time this year.

» Jaccard's index = índice de Jaccard.

Example: This article shows that in most practical cases Salton's cosine formula yields a numerical value that is twice Jaccard's index.

» openness index = índice de apertura.

Example: Improvements on the above measures lead to 2 new citation indicators: the openness index and the Affinity Index.

» pollen index = índice de concentración de polen (en el aire).

Example: Most local television stations will post the pollen indexes for the day, but most people simply tune out or ignore the scientific numbers.

» price index = índice de precios.

Example: Taking 197 as the base year, the price index of journals for an academic veterinary library has risen 143.00 points, an annual average of 15.89 points through 1986.

» readability index = índice de legibilidad. [Grado de dificultad de la lectura de un texto]

Example: The readability index for popular literature suggests that there are still serious barriers to mass audience consumption.

» Retail Price Index (RPI) = Indice de Precios al Consumo (IPC). [Informe mensual sobre el precio medio de diversos productos y servicios que sirve de medida de la fluctuación del coste de vida]

Example: One problem encountered was the difficulty in obtaining information about the means used to calculate the book component of the Retail Price Index (RPI).

index3 = indizar. [Tercera persona singular indexes]

Example: For example a set of slides for use by teachers may be indexed according to alphabetical subject headings.

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» chain index = indizar en cadena.

Example: In order to overcome some of the inherent weaknesses of the structure of DC it is important to chain index with reference to the essential relationships between subjects.

» re-index [reindex] = volver a indizar. 

Example: It was therefore decided to re-index the documents with a mean of 3.8 entries each.

» thumb index = hacer un índice digital. [En un libro de referencia, muescas que se hacen en el borde externo para indicar las diferentes secciones del mismo; siendo este tipo de índice más comúnmente usado en diccionarios]

Example: The practising classifier is almost obliged to thumb index the volumes to make their use less time-consuming.
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