| Term: | Index |
| Definition: |
The location of an item in an array orvector. An index can be multivalued to represent the location in amultidimensional object. The index of the first item is "1". A value of "0"is a wild card for all elements at the location in an array. A value of "-1"is a reference to the dimension at the location in the array. A "-1" is usedwhen describing the attributes of the dimension, where as "0" or a positiveinteger is used to describe attributes of individual elements. |