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B-tree

a self-balancing, tree-based data structure, that allows read/write access in logarithmic time
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B-tree

Summary

B-tree is a data structure[1]. B-tree ranks in the top 5% of data_structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,035 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • B-tree is credited with the discovery of Rudolf Bayer[3].
  • B-tree is credited with the discovery of Edward M. McCreight[4].
  • B-tree's image is recorded as B-tree.svg[5].
  • B-tree's instance of is recorded as data structure[6].
  • B-tree's subclass of is recorded as (a,b)-tree[7].
  • B-tree's subclass of is recorded as search tree[8].
  • B-tree's subclass of is recorded as balanced tree[9].
  • B-tree's subclass of is recorded as BV-tree[10].
  • B-tree's subclass of is recorded as data structure[11].
  • B-tree's Commons category is recorded as B-Trees[12].
  • B-tree's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • B-tree's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01h9m[14].
  • B-tree's topic's main category is recorded as Category:B-tree[15].
  • B-tree's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1704279[16].
  • B-tree's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/b-tree[17].
  • B-tree's different from is recorded as binary tree[18].
  • B-tree's uses is recorded as tree[19].
  • B-tree's studied by is recorded as algorithmics[20].
  • B-tree's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03234827n[21].
  • B-tree's MathWorld ID is recorded as B-Tree[22].
  • B-tree's worst-case time complexity is recorded as O(\log n) (insertion)[23].
  • B-tree's worst-case time complexity is recorded as O(\log n) (suppression)[24].
  • B-tree's worst-case time complexity is recorded as O(\log n) (recherche)[25].
  • B-tree's average time complexity is recorded as O(\log n)[26].
  • B-tree's average time complexity is recorded as O(\log n)[27].

Why It Matters

B-tree ranks in the top 5% of data_structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,035 views/month).[2] B-tree has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] B-tree is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Edward M. McCreight Rudolf Bayer

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures. Retrieved . xlinux.nist.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Organization and maintenance of large ordered indices. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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