"B+ tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: B+ trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=B+ tree}} B+ tree (plural B+ trees)
  1. (computing theory) An m-ary tree data structure with a variable but often large number of children per node. It can be viewed as a B-tree in which each node contains only keys (not key–value pairs), and to which an additional level is added at the bottom with linked leaves. Categories (topical): Theory of computing Related terms: B-tree

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