--- title: What is a Vector Database and How Does it Work? | daily.dev description: A vector database is an organized collection of vector embeddings that represent chunks of data as numerical values. Embedding models transform data into... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-vector-database-and-how-does-it-work--8xysvcmnt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is a Vector Database and How Does it Work? | daily.dev og:description: A vector database is an organized collection of vector embeddings that represent chunks of data as numerical values. Embedding models transform data into... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-vector-database-and-how-does-it-work--8xysvcmnt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8xYSvcMNt.png og:image:alt: What is a Vector Database and How Does it Work? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is a Vector Database and How Does it Work? **[NVIDIA Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/nvidiadev)** · 2 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A vector database is an organized collection of vector embeddings that represent chunks of data as numerical values. Embedding models transform data into numerical vectors for analysis. Popular vector databases include Pinecone and Milvus. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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