Synonyms
Bitmap Index; Projection Index
Definition
A bitmap-based index is a binary vector that represents an interesting property and indicates which objects in the dataset satisfy the given property. The vector has a 1 in position i if the i-th data object satisfies the property, and 0 otherwise. Queries are executed using fast bitwise logical operations supported by hardware over the binary vectors.
Historical Background
Bitmap-based indexing was first implemented in Computer Corporation of America’s Model 204 in the mid-1980s by Dr. Patrick O’Neil. The bitmap index from Model 204 was a hybrid between verbatim (uncompressed) bitmaps and RID lists. Originally, a bitmap was created for each value in the attribute domain. The entire bitmap index is smaller than the original data as long as the number of distinct values is less than the number of bits used to represent the attribute in the original data. For example, if an integer attribute has cardinality 10 and integers are stored...
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Canahuate, G., Ferhatosmanoglu, H. (2018). Bitmap-Based Index Structures. In: Liu, L., Özsu, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8265-9_1282
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