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DataType

The enum for available data types, defined by RPC proto.

package io.milvus.grpc;
public enum DataType

Type

Code

Description

None

0

For internal usage.

Bool

1

Int8

2

Int16

3

Int32

4

Int64

5

Float

10

Double

11

String

20

Reserved. Do not use this.

VarChar

21

Variable-length string with a limit on the maximum length.

Array

22

Array data type. The element type can be one of the data types: Int8, Int16, Int32, Int64, Varchar, Bool, Float, or Double.

JSON

23

BinaryVector

100

Binary vector. Each dimension is represented by 1 bit.

FloatVector

101

Float vector. Each dimension is represented by 1 float(4 bits) value.

Float16Vector

102

Float16 vector. Each dimension is a 16-bit half-precision floating-point number.

BFloat16Vector

103

BFloat16 vector. Each dimension is a 16-bit floating-point number with reduced precision but the same exponent range as Float32.

SparseFloatVector

104

Sparse vectors represent words or phrases using vector embeddings where most elements are zeros. A sparse vector is a list of key-value pairs, the key type is an unsigned integer and the value type is Float32.

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