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  2. Exact search

Glossary

Exact search

Comparing the query with every stored vector to get the true nearest neighbours. Cost grows with vectors times dimensions, so it stops working at large scale.

Where it is explained

  • Vector databasesEmbeddings and vector search

See also

Terms explained in the same lessons.

  • Approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) search
  • ef_search
  • HNSW
  • IVF
  • nprobe
  • pgvector
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