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BitFunnel

BitFunnel is the search engine indexing algorithm and a set of components used in the Bing search engine, which were made open source in 2016. BitFunnel uses bit-sliced signatures instead of an inverted index in an attempt to reduce operations cost.

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Developer
Microsoft
License
MIT License
Platform
Windows, macOS, Ubuntu
Release
2016; 10 years ago (2016)
Repository
github.com/BitFunnel
Type
Search engine indexing algorithm

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Map overview Semantic statistics

BitFunnel

Nodes15
Edges14
Triples24
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1

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BitFunnel

Top relations

related to history · 8
BitFunnel → Association, Best Paper Award, Computing Machinery, GitHub, In September, Information Retrieval, Progress, Special Interest Group
related to overview · 5
BitFunnel → Bloom, In, The, The BitFunnel, This
Developer · 1
BitFunnel → Microsoft
License · 1
BitFunnel → MIT License
Platform · 1
BitFunnel → Windows, macOS, Ubuntu
Release · 1
BitFunnel → 2016; 10 years ago (2016)
Repository · 1
BitFunnel → github.com/BitFunnel
Type · 1
BitFunnel → Search engine indexing algorithm
Website · 1
BitFunnel → bitfunnel.org
Written in · 1
BitFunnel → C++

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Important terminology

algorithm search 2016 problem components signatures github paper set made implementation engine indexing 2017 searchable item signature source inverted code

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BitFunnelDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
BitFunnelLicenseMIT License1.00infobox
BitFunnelPlatformWindows, macOS, Ubuntu1.00infobox
BitFunnelRelease2016; 10 years ago (2016)1.00infobox
BitFunnelRepositorygithub.com/BitFunnel1.00infobox
BitFunnelTypeSearch engine indexing algorithm1.00infobox
BitFunnelWebsitebitfunnel.org1.00infobox
BitFunnelWritten inC++1.00infobox
BitFunnelis asearch engine indexing algorithm and a set of components used in the Bing search engine0.90text
BitFunnelrelated to ComponentsBitFunnelNativeJIT0.60section
BitFunnelrelated to External linksGitHubBitFunnel0.60section
BitFunnelrelated to historyProgress0.60section

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