(data structure)
Definition: An inverted index that includes the block, or general location, within texts, in addition to the text in which the word appears.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
inverted index.
See also full inverted index, inverted file index.
Note: See the example at inverted index.
Author: PEB
Nivio Ziviani, Edleno Silva de Moura, Gonzalo Navarro, and Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Compression: A Key for Next-Generation Text Retrieval Systems, IEEE Computer, 33(11):37-44, November 2000, (page 42).
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Entry modified 13 October 2006.
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Paul E. Black, "block addressing index", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 13 October 2006. (accessed TODAY)
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