(definition)
Definition: The location of an item in an array.
Aggregate child (... is a part of or used in me.)
1-based indexing, 0-based indexing.
Note: In most programming languages, the first array index is 0 or 1, and indexes continue through the natural numbers. The upper bound of an array is generally language and possibly system specific.
Author: PR
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Patrick Rodgers, "array index", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 16 November 2016. (accessed TODAY)
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