What is the VInt in Lucene ?

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Published on 2010-05-02T06:06:45Z Indexed on 2010/05/02 6:17 UTC
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I want to know what is the VInt in Lucene ?

I read this article , but i don't understand what is it and where does Lucene use it ?

Thanks .

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