Glossary

native key

• a key (index) defined for a database or system of files before OMNIDEX was installed on it. OMNIDEX uses native keys when prejoining tables.

network transport

• the method that OMNIDEX Client uses to transfer messages between the client and the server process.

next free ID

• an internally maintained value that indicates the next assignable integer SI value. May be an ID previously used by a deleted record.

node

• a computer, device, or other entity that is a part of a network.

noise words

• keywords that are useless for retrieval, either because they have little meaning, or are used too often to distinguish rows from one another. For example, “the”, “a”, and “an” are noise words.

normalization

• the process of reducing or eliminating duplicate data within a database for the purpose of restructuring data relationships to the most simple form.