nonclustered index

noun

a type of database index that contains a series of sorted pointers pointing to the physical data rows, which are organized either in a heap or in the sort order specified by a clustered index, on the disk

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Meanings

nounnonclustered index (plural nonclustered indices or nonclustered indexes)

plural nonclustered indices · plural nonclustered indexes

  1. computinga type of database index that contains a series of sorted pointers pointing to the physical data rows, which are organized either in a heap or in the sort order specified by a clustered index, on the disk

Translations

French index non-cluster
  • index non-clusterIndex that contains a series of sorted pointers
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