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nonclustered index

nonclustered index noun: a type of database index that contains a series of sorted pointers pointing to the physical data rows, which are organized either in a heap or in the sort order specified by a clustered index, on the disk.

Noun

nonclustered index (plural nonclustered indices or nonclustered indexes)

  1. a type of database index that contains a series of sorted pointers pointing to the physical data rows, which are organized either in a heap or in the sort order specified by a clustered index, on the disk

Forms of nonclustered index

pluralnonclustered indices
pluralnonclustered indexes

Questions about nonclustered index

What does nonclustered index mean?
Nonclustered index means a type of database index that contains a series of sorted pointers pointing to the physical data rows, which are organized either in a heap or in the sort order specified by a clustered index, on the disk.
What part of speech is nonclustered index?
Nonclustered index is a noun.
What is the plural of nonclustered index?
The plural of nonclustered index is nonclustered indices.

Words near nonclustered index in the dictionary

  1. nonclumping
  2. nonclumpy
  3. nonclumsy
  4. nonclusterable
  5. nonclustered
  6. nonclustered index
  7. nonclustered indexes
  8. nonclustered indices
  9. noncluttered
  10. noncoached
  11. noncoaching

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