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AI terms starting with V

Every term in this glossary whose name begins with V, each with a one-paragraph definition you can read without opening the page.

1 term under V · edited by Derek Wonk · last updated September 2026

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AI terms starting with V

vector database A store that indexes embedding vectors so a query vector finds its k nearest neighbours in sublinear time, using an approximate index like HNSW instead of scanning the whole corpus.