How Bitset Enables the Versatility of Vector Similarity Search
Feb 14, 2022Yudong Cai

Summary
This post details the internal mechanism of bitsets in Milvus, explaining how they are used to support Time Travel, attribute filtering, and data deletion. It provides concrete examples of bitset generation and manipulation based on DML events and query timestamps, illustrating the logical operations involved in determining which entities are included in search or query results.
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