Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Technology
Vector database
A database designed to store numerical representations of meaning and find items that are similar
What's it for?
Finds information with similar meaning even when the exact words are different.
For example…
A chatbot searches stored article meanings to find the closest useful guide
A RAG assistant stores document embeddings in a vector database so a question about “ending employment” can retrieve relevant passages about offboarding
Think of it like…
Library organised by 'feel and topic proximity' rather than only by exact title on a card catalogue