card index(n = noun.artifact) card catalog, card catalogue - an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item; Array
is a kind of file, file cabinet, filing cabinet
has particulars: rolodex

N  list, catalog, catalogue, inventory, register, account, bill, bill of costs, terrier, tally, listing, itemization, atlas, book, ledger, catalogue raisonne, tableau, invoice, bill of lading, prospectus, bill of fare, menu, carte, score, census, statistics, returns, contents, table of contents, outline, synopsis, checklist, table, chart, database, index, inverted file, word list, concordance, dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, glossary, thesaurus, file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book, Red book, Blue book, Domesday book, cadastre, directory, gazetter, almanac, army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list, Almanach de Gotha, cadaster, Lloyd's register, nautical almanac, who's who, Guiness's Book of World Records, roll, check roll, checker roll, bead roll, muster roll, muster book, roster, panel, jury list, cartulary, diptych, cadastral.

bank card, baseball card, birthday card, boarding card, borrower's card, breadth index, business card, business index, calling card, card, card carrier, card carrying, card catalog, card catalogue, card game, card player, card shark, card sharp, card sharper, card table, card trick, cash card, cephalic index, charge card, christmas card, circuit card, compass card, consumer price index, cost-of-living index, court card, cranial index, credit card, debit card, donor card, drawing card, easter card, face card, facial index, filing card, flash card, gaming card, get-well card, green card, greeting card, hole card, hollerith card, id card, identity card, index, index case, index finger, index fossil, index fund, index number, index of refraction, index register, library card, mass card, membership card, phone card, picture card, playing card, post card, postal card, price index, producer price index, punch card, punched card, ration card, refractive index, report card, retail price index, sea card, show card, smart card, standard and poor's index, stock index, stock market index, sympathy card, tarot card, thumb index, trading card, trump card, union card, visiting card, wholesale price index, wild card