They are upvoted because they are extremely nifty and useful :) Check out their usage in Cassandra: http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/operating/bloom_filt

They are upvoted because they are extremely nifty and useful :) Check out their usage in Cassandra: http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/operating/bloom_filters.html http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/operating/bloom_filte... There should be many more you can find via quick googling.