index
A structure over a property. The database reads it to find nodes or relationships by property value, rather than scanning every one.
Also written: indexes
Example
An index over the title property of every (:Movie).
cypher
CREATE INDEX Movie_title IF NOT EXISTS
FOR (m:Movie) ON (m.title)MATCH (m:Movie {title: 'Toy Story'}) reads the index and goes straight to that node. Without the index, the database reads the title of every (:Movie) in the graph to find it.
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