While learning about "data layout", I came across the term *"materialize"*, which does not have a clear definition and explanation. What is materialize and what does materialize do?
This question is not related to materialized views, and is not specific to any particular DBMS.
### Context
The source that I am learning from: [Youtube Video from Prof. Dr. Jens Dittrich
: Mapping Relations to Devices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1VVIbvIo9U&t=332s) .
**At timepoint 9:24** we have this term *materialize*. He said that is a process from physical page to storage devices.
And an additional question at this time point: Since physical pages should also belong to main memory, if we have a *main-memory database*, so the data layout only exists in main memory, will there be a *materialize* process?
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Dec 28, 2018, 02:23 PM
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