A Bloom filter is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure that tests whether an element is in a set. It can return false positives but never false negatives, trading a small error rate for very low memory use.
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A Bloom filter is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure that tests whether an element is in a set. It can return false positives but never false negatives, trading a small error rate for very low memory use.
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Several hash functions set bits in a bit array, and a lookup checks whether all of those bits are set.
A reported match may be a false positive, but a miss is always correct, so it never gives false negatives.
Use it to skip expensive lookups, as in databases avoiding disk reads for keys that are probably absent.
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Different elements can set the same bits, so all bits for an absent element may already be set by others.
In databases and caches to avoid expensive lookups for keys that are probably absent.
