Examples
Google BigTable uses Bloom filters to reduce the disk lookups for non-existent rows or columns. Avoiding costly disk lookups considerably increases the performance of a database query operation.
The Squid Web Proxy Cache uses Bloom filters for cache digests.
The Venti archival storage system uses Bloom filters to detect previously stored data.
The SPIN model checker uses Bloom filters to track the reachable state space for large verification problems.
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