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VECTOR DATABASE [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

A vector database is designed to store, manage and index massive quantities of high-dimensional vector data efficiently.

CONT

Unlike traditional relational databases with rows and columns, data points in a vector database are represented by vectors with a fixed number of dimensions, clustered based on similarity.

Key term(s)
  • vector data base

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Les bases de données vectorielles sont des bases de données spécialement conçues pour effectuer une recherche approximative du plus proche voisin sur de grands ensembles de vecteurs de grande dimension [...] Ces vecteurs cherchent à représenter la sémantique de données non structurées.

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