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  1. Reference
  2. IVF

Glossary

IVF

Inverted file index: vectors are grouped into clusters around learned centres, and a query scans only the nearest clusters. Lighter on memory than HNSW, and needs training on representative data.

Where it is explained

  • Vector databasesEmbeddings and vector search

See also

Terms explained in the same lessons.

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