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title: Index
slug: '204'
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# Index
An {doctitle} is a data structure that securely stores content [items](https://docs.coveo.com/en/210/) of a given [organization](https://docs.coveo.com/en/185/), enabling fast retrieval when they match a [query](https://docs.coveo.com/en/231/).
{doctitle}ing is the action of retrieving content from a [repository](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2739/), processing this content in the [document processing manager (DPM)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/191/), and storing the resulting [items](https://docs.coveo.com/en/210/) in an index.