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  • verb computing, databases To index again or anew.

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re- +‎ index

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Examples

  • And with a simple keystroke, relatives can "reindex" the tree so that instead of showing the biggest health risks for Cousin Sue who started the project, Cousin Bill can see what risks are more prone to his side of the family.

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2009

  • If we were to return to a gold standard today and Ron Paul says it could be done with another Executive Order we would have to reindex the monetary base to bring it into alignment with the current price of gold.

    Get Ready For a Push to Return to the Gold Standard 2011

  • My pet peeve is two digit years for the date -- we act as if we learned nothing from y2K and will require someone to reindex our work another 100 years from now -- I guess many people don't want their work to stick around that long, but if y2k taught me anything it is to use 4 digit dates.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • My pet peeve is two digit years for the date -- we act as if we learned nothing from y2K and will require someone to reindex our work another 100 years from now -- I guess many people don't want their work to stick around that long, but if y2k taught me anything it is to use 4 digit dates.

    Following NECC: Here's my RSS page 2008

  • It may take longer than a day for us to reindex a page, so users may have access to a cached copy of the page that is not the same as the one currently on your site.

    Stuck in traffic? 2007

  • It may take longer than a day for us to reindex a page, so users may have access to a cached copy of the page that is not the same as the one currently on your site.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • Not that my photography is great, but it is probably better than average from an image search result and most recently with the Google reindex a few weeks ago my Google Image Search traffic has trippled.

    Tag me « BuzzMachine 2005

  • /Library/Spotlight and then tell the spotlight to reindex all necessary files.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • Improved history Add reindex to Bookshelf Improved workflow add middle click (or Ctrl/Command click) to open link in new tab add Ctrl/Command to hold the popup

    EmploymentDigest 2010

  • And yes, we specifically rebuild rather than reindex.

    SSWUG.ORG Articles 2010

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