A KWIC index is formed by sorting and aligning the words within an article title to allow each word (except the stop words) in titles to be searchable alphabetically in the index. It was a useful indexing method for technical manuals before computerized Full Text Search became common. For example, the title statement of this article and wikipiedia would appear as follows in a KWIC index. A KWIC index usually uses a wide layout to allow the display of maximum 'in context' information (not shown in the following example).
| KWIC is an | acronym for Keyword In Context, ... | page 1 | |
| ... Keyword In Context, the most | common format for concordance lines. | page 1 | |
| ... the most common format for | concordance lines. | page 1 | |
| ... is an acronym for Keyword In | Context, the most common format ... | page 1 | |
| Wikipedia, The Free | Encyclopedia | page 0 | |
| ... In Context, the most common | format for concordance lines. | page 1 | |
| Wikipedia, The | Free Encyclopedia | page 0 | |
| KWIC is an acronym for | Keyword In Context, the most ... | page 1 | |
| KWIC is an acronym for Keyword ... | page 1 | ||
| ... common format for concordance | lines. | page 1 | |
| ... for Keyword In Context, the | most common format for concordance ... | page 1 | |
| Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia | page 0 |
Compare: KWOC, KWAC, KLIC
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