User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20121207092215/@comment-987877-20130105093900

Think about an index at the back of a book. And then think about a computer file (eg. Word document). All an 'index file' is is an index from the back of the book but on a computer.

This wiki is not just an index; it is the whole database.

Having it pointed out to me makes it obvious now that TIF is not a very good name at all...