stop list

noun3

1. •
   A list of words or other data items which, for some special reason, should be ignored or bypassed by a particular data processing operation.

   • If you equip your search engine with a stop list containing a few common words such as "a", "the", and "and", you can decrease the full-text index size by about 20%.
2. •
   A list of the stops found on a particular organ.

   • The history of the small organ is poorly documented; the earliest known stop list, written by the Lübeck organ builder Theodore Vogt, dates from about 1845. — 1987
3. •
   A list of people who subscribed to a publication (e.g. newspaper) but no longer wish to receive it.