Think of other situations in real life that involve arrays that use some of the same principles. For example, when you look up "potato" in a dictionary, you don't examine every word starting at "aardvark." Instead, you flip open the dietionary in a likely place, compare what is there with the word you are looking for, and then flip the dictionary open to another place you pick based on the comparison. As a human, you can short-circuit such a search somewhat because you know "p" is closer to the end of the alphabet than the beginning, but the principle is similar. Discuss the scenario briefly and state your methods of making your searches faster and more efficient.

Think of other situations in real life that involve arrays that use some of the same principles. For example, when you look up "potato" in a dictionary, you don't examine every word starting at "aardvark." Instead, you flip open the dietionary in a likely place, compare what is there with the word you are looking for, and then flip the dictionary open to another place you pick based on the comparison. As a human, you can short-circuit such a search somewhat because you know "p" is closer to the end of the alphabet than the beginning, but the principle is similar. Discuss the scenario briefly and state your methods of making your searches faster and more efficient.

Database System Concepts

7th Edition

ISBN:9780078022159

Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Chapter1: Introduction

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