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to reindex

to reindex

1 5.8
To give new numbers or labels to items in lists and databases
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈɪndɛks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reindexar
  • Google has reindexed my homepage and some other pages, but I am waiting for the rest of my pages to be reindexed.

Examples

  • Google has reindexed my homepage and some other pages, but I am waiting for the rest of my pages to be reindexed.

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  • I've done this before and have seen significant improvements in my search rank for the adjusted keywords once the page was reindexed by Google.

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  • Does Google reindex the canonical after a while (how long?) or will I have to live with that forever now?

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  • All price indices are reindexed to 100 every 5 years, making quick comparisons impossible.

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  • What if there are some particularly big tables that take hours and hours to run during the weekly maintenance (checkdb, then reindex above a certain fragmentation level, then update stats where last update > 24 hours ago) job, and are still running and causing user issues at the start of the business day?

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  • I spent all of 2010 rebuilding the design of it, and for some reason, Google decided to never reindex the site again. I’ve been attempting to get it indexed for months, and I’ve had no luck.

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  • With reindexed data in the past few days showing 76% battery capacity remaining (from the previous often quoted 80%) in 5 Nissan LEAF Years (TM), the average annual degradation is about 4.8% per year.

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  • To improve search results, the database administrator decided to reindex all the tables in the system.

  • After making changes to the document structure, we should reindex the entire file to update the reference numbers.

  • The librarian will reindex the books to ensure they are organized by genre and author.

Synonyms

to renumber
vsto reindex
1 4.0

To give new numbers to pages or list items after changes

is broader covering updating whole list structure and various label types
to reletter
vsto reindex
7.3

Give new letter names to parts of a text or diagram to keep order clear

prefers numeric or broader label updates rather than only letters

How Complete

to reindex
  • Specialized
1 5.8
to index
17 4.2
to catalog
  • US
23 3.9
to label
92 1.0

Surface Forms

reindex infinitive
reindexed past
reindexed past participle
reindexing present participle
reindexes third person singular

Morphology

reindex = index (transparent) = re + index

This is standard prefixation of 're-' to the verb 'index', meaning to do the indexing again or anew.

Etymology

The word reindex comes from the prefix re- 'again' and index 'list'. So, to reindex is to make or update a list or its numbers again, for example after removing items from a table or database.