Architecture
The basic architecture of LNB technology places the compressed value of each data occurrence of a data field into a contiguous one dimensional array that disregards the word and byte boundaries of conventional storage technology. A one-dimensional array is a string of one or more compressed occurrences of a specific data field, or even a bit position of a specific data field in its compressed form. In contrast to techniques used in conventional file organizations, gaps are not permitted within a one-dimensional array. For example, a two character code such as state codes would require a maximum of six bits to represent each state. As such, the second six bit occurrence begins in the seventh and eighth bits of the same byte that houses the first occurrence. Due to the flexibility and portability of this architecture, the methods are easily transferable to application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), programmable chips (FPGA) or RAID hardware technology. The data dictionary itself establishes and maintains the key for all encryption and decryption of each data field value that exists within each one dimensional array, with full precision for the value of each data field. The architecture fully extends to support relational theory, including the data virtualization of tables, foreign keys, indices, and all types of joins, and in addition to non-key values, it provides for the compression of all key values as well as support for mathematical operations that can be certified against the data in its compressed form.
This technology was first unveiled within the private sector at DAMA in New York City on May 12, 2000 at the Data Warehouse conference.
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