Computing Dictionary
B-tree definition
algorithm A multi-way
balanced tree.
The "B" in B-tree has never been officially defined. It could stand for "balanced" or "Bayer", after one of the original designers of the algorithms and structure. A B-tree is _not_ (necessarily?) a "
binary tree".
A B+-tree (as used by
IBM's
VSAM) is a B-tree where the leaves are also linked sequentially, thus allowing both fast
random access and sequential access to data.
[Knuth's Art of Computer Programming].
[Example algorithm?]
(2000-01-10)
