Definition of "indexer" [in•dex•er]

• A person or program which creates indexes. (noun)
• A special property of a class allowing objects of the class to be accessed by index as though they were arrays or hash tables. (noun)

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• "Relying on Word instead of using an indexer is analogous to relying on Word’s spell/grammar check instead of using an editor."
• "I’m sure the indexer is smart enough to wait until someone is done writing a file before it starts to read it."
• "However, you can disable the Strigi file indexer, which is not needed for Kontact."