# About the k-NN category

**URL:** https://forum.opensearch.org/t/about-the-k-nn-category/2187
**Category:** k-NN
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/about-the-k-nn-category/2187 "2020-02-11T05:30:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![stevliu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stevliu](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/stevliu)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/about-the-k-nn-category/2187/1 "2020-02-11T05:30:21Z")

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Discussion area for the [k-NN plugin](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/search-plugins/knn/index/), which enables users to search for the k-nearest neighbors to a query point across an index of vectors.

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### Author: ![kris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/kris/32/2208_2.png) [@kris](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/kris)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/about-the-k-nn-category/2187/2 "2023-02-07T17:17:55Z")

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