Bit Mapped Indexes

Bit Mapped Indexes - Indexing techniques which use binary encoding to represent data. Originally used only for Low Cardinality data, recent advances such as Sybase IQ have allowed this technique to be used for High Cardinality data as well.

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Source: Sun.com, 18 July 2010 08:56:05, http://www.sun.com/third-party/dw/brochures/67198.Acrobat.pdf

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Bit Mapped Indexes - Bit Map Indexing is a technique commonly used in relational databases where the application uses binary coding in representing data. Originally used only for Low Cardinality data, recent advances such as Sybase IQ have allowed this technique to be used for High Cardinality data as well.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Aexis Business Intelligence, 03 November 2010 08:50:11, http://www.aexis.eu/DataWarehouse-Glossary/