vector database
/ˈvektər ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/
a database optimized for storing and querying high-dimensional embeddings
vector database in a sentence
“We use a vector database to perform semantic search on millions of documents.”
Origin of vector database
Latin vector carrier + database
Related Words
semantic search
searching by meaning rather than exact keyword matching
hybrid search
combining keyword search and vector search for better accuracy
reranking
re-ordering search results using a more precise model
chunking
splitting text into smaller segments for embedding
context injection
inserting retrieved information dynamically into the prompt
RAG
Retrieval-Augmented Generation; enhancing models with external knowledge