columnstore
/ˈkɒl.əm.stɔ(ɹ)/
columnstore noun: a database storage method that stores data tables by columns rather than rows, optimizing for analytical query performance.
Noun
columnstore (plural columnstores)
- A database storage method that stores data tables by columns rather than rows, optimizing for analytical query performance.
- The HPDB is the functional repository for time-series market data. Unlike a standard database, which reads rows of data, HPDBs are columnstore databases.2011, Paul Zubulake, Sang Lee, The High Frequency Game Changer: How Automated Trading Strategies Have Revolutionized the Markets, illustrated edition, John Wiley & Sons, page 112
- In order to achieve optimal performance, PolyBase is capable of dynamically creating columnstore tables, parallalizing data extraction from Hadoop and Azure sources, or pushing computations on Hadoop-based data to Hadoop clusters where necessary.2017 November 30, Drazena Gaspar, Ivica Coric, editors, Bridging Relational and NoSQL Databases (Advances in Data Mining and Database Management), Coric, page 219
Antonyms of columnstore
Forms of columnstore
| plural | columnstores |
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Origin of columnstore
From column + store.
Questions about columnstore
- What does columnstore mean?
- Columnstore means a database storage method that stores data tables by columns rather than rows, optimizing for analytical query performance.
- What part of speech is columnstore?
- Columnstore is a noun.
- How do you pronounce columnstore?
- Columnstore is pronounced /ˈkɒl.əm.stɔ(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of columnstore?
- The plural of columnstore is columnstores.
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