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sphinx
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The tag 'sphinx' on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the Great Sphinx of Giza, including its age, origins, and possible connections to prehistoric civilizations. Topics range from geological evidence suggesting the Sphinx may be much older than traditionally believed, to theories that it predates the Pharaohs. Additionally, the tag includes technical content about Sphinx Search, a high-performance full-text search engine used by sites like Craigslist and WordPress to offload database searches and improve performance. This mix of ancient history and modern software reflects the diverse interests of the forum community.
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sphinx
"Sphinx is the system that very high traffic sites use to handle searching (it can handle millions of searches per day across billions of documents) without any problems. Sites like Craigslist, Slashdot and WordPress all use Sphinx for their search. Offloading searches from your database...