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"bloom filters explain in a single image" where 90% of the image is text. so just bloom filters explained in 2-3 paragraphs?

fig 3 here

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138912861...

is a much better "single image" explanation (insofar as any single image could be sufficiently explanatory) of bloom filters.

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"bloom filters explain in a single image" where 90% of the image is text. so just bloom filters explained in 2-3 paragraphs? fig 3 here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138912861... is a much better "single image" explanation (insofar as any single image could be sufficiently explanatory) of bloom filters.

Fulltext and figures of that paywalled journal article available here:

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.428...

Re: Bloom filters explained in a single image

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Fun fact: the original pre-computer punch cards used for the census etc. were quite like Bloom filters with degenerate hash functions. Some of the same principles of key number/width, density, and pollution even apply. I've often thought that would be a good place to start, if I ever had to explain Bloom filters to a layman or beginner.

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post #3

"bloom filters explain in a single image" where 90% of the image is text. so just bloom filters explained in 2-3 paragraphs? fig 3 here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138912861... is a much better "single image" explanation (insofar as any single image could be sufficiently explanatory) of bloom filters.

Fulltext and figures of that paywalled journal article available here: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.428...

ah thanks i didn't realize i had my institutional account logged in
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