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Bx-tree

A bx-tree is a special way to store information, kind of like a big bookshelf where you can find things easily. Imagine you have a bunch of different books about animals, like lions and bears, and you want to organize them so you can find them really easily.

A bx-tree is like a bookshelf with different levels of shelves. Each level of shelf has a different set of books based on a specific characteristic, like whether they're furry or not.

So, on the first shelf, you might have all the furry animals like bears and cats. On the second shelf, you might have all the non-furry animals like fish and snakes. Each shelf groups books together based on a certain characteristic or property.

Now imagine you want to find all the animals with four legs. You would start at the top shelf and look for any shelves that have books about animals with four legs. You would then go down to those shelves and find the books about lions, tigers, and other four-legged animals.

This is similar to how a bx-tree works. It organizes data in a way that makes it easy to search and retrieve information based on certain characteristics or properties. Each level of the tree breaks down the data further until you get to the information you're looking for.
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