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      How does one pronounce this data structure?

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        I guess “bee epsilon tree”.

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          I’ve heard it pronounced “beta to the epsilon,” for what it’s worth.

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            SplinterDB uses these under the hood- in the video of the linked Usenix talk, they call it a “beta-epsilon tree”. I have also talked to some folks over at RelationalAI and they called it a “B”-epsilon tree. I think it’s a matter of preference and whatever mental shorthand comes to mind (for those of us with mental narration while reading).

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              Bεta tree ?

              Except it’s an epsilon, not an eta, so maybe Bεpsilon tree? :)

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              Damn, this looks cool. They don’t describe it in quite enough detail, but I haven’t followed up on the references yet.