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Since memory is the new bottleneck, it is required to minimize access to it. Accessing a smaller number of columns by only querying required attributes can do this on the one hand. On the other hand, decreasing the number of bits used for data representation can reduce both memory consumption and transfer times.
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Plattner, H. (2014). Dictionary Encoding. In: A Course in In-Memory Data Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55270-0_6
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