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Expand Up @@ -133,9 +133,7 @@ There are several ways to perform search within our database such as:

- **Keyword search** - used for text searches

- **Semantic search** - uses the semantic meaning of words

- **Vector search** - converts documents from text to vector representations using embedding models. Retrieval will be done by querying the documents whose vector representations are closest to the user question.
- **Vector search** - converts documents from text to vector representations using embedding models, permitting a **semantic search** using the meaning of words. Retrieval will be done by querying the documents whose vector representations are closest to the user question.

- **Hybrid** - a combination of both keyword and vector search.

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