card index

English

Noun

card index (plural card indexes or card indices)

1. (libraries, business) Any index formed with index cards, as was common in many businesses before the microcomputer revolution.

   Hypernym: index

   Coordinate terms: library catalog, library catalogue (often coinstantial before the 21st century; now usually not)

   Near-synonym: card catalogue

Related terms

• card-index (verb)
• index card

See also

• catalogue

Further reading

• card index on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• index card