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B+ Tree description |
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A type of tree, which represents sorted data in a way that allows for efficient insertion, retrieval and removal of records B+ Tree was designed to be a type of tree, that represents sorted data in a way that allows for efficient insertion, retrieval and removal of records, each of which is identified by a key.
It is a dynamic, multilevel index, with maximum and minimum bounds on the number of keys in each index segment (usually called a 'block' or 'node'). In a B+ tree, in contrast to a B-tree, all records are stored at the lowest level of the tree; only keys are stored in interior blocks.
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