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  1. Reference
  2. ANN

GlossaryAbbreviation

ANN

Short for approximate nearest neighbor search: finding very close, not always the closest, vectors with an index, trading some recall for speed and memory.

  • Full form: Approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) search

Where it is explained

  • Vector databasesEmbeddings and vector search

See also

Terms explained in the same lessons.

  • ef_search
  • Exact search
  • HNSW
  • IVF
  • nprobe
  • pgvector
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