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Vector Databases
A vector database stores embeddings and finds the nearest ones to a query very quickly, which makes it the usual engine behind semantic search and RAG. It answers what is similar, not what is connected or exactly true, so it often works alongside a graph or a keyword index. The guide here compares where each one fits.
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