Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of a database search system. In the architecture of the database search system, the database search system is decoupled from the management components of a distributed database for which the database search system executes queries. The decoupled architecture of the database search system allows the database search system to utilize its own processing and storage hardware that is separate from that of the management components of the distributed database system. The decoupled architecture thus allows for processing and storage optimizations for searching that lead to improved availability and query execution performance by the database search system.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of a database search system. In the architecture of the database search system, the database search system is decoupled from the management components of a distributed database for which the database search system executes queries. The decoupled architecture of the database search system allows the database search system to utilize its own processing and storage hardware that is separate from that of the management components of the distributed database system. The decoupled architecture thus allows for processing and storage optimizations for searching that lead to improved availability and query execution performance by the database search system.

Abstract: A guitar pickup module for insertion in an electric guitar having a well for accommodating a pickup. The module includes a base plate which is mounted in the well and which includes a plurality of electrical contacts for attachment to the plurality of output wires of the guitar. The pickup includes a plurality of electrical contacts which are placed in electrical communication with the base plate contacts upon insertion of the pickup in the well on the base plate.