Glossary: Embeddings and Vector Search
HNSW
Also written: Hierarchical Navigable Small World, graph
An approximate index that links each vector to near neighbors and answers queries by walking the links from sparse upper layers down to the full bottom layer. It has excellent recall and accepts new vectors, but uses memory and build time.
Where the book teaches it
Related terms
HNSW settings (M, efConstruction, efSearch)IVFANN (approximate nearest neighbor)