Organizing the field with a dedicated structure such as an index (a specialized data structure) shortens the time needed to locate rows. Segmenting the table based on categories can help in some cases but may not provide the same improvements if most requests still scan multiple segments. Collecting data into a single dataset does not specifically address how to locate rows with shared values more efficiently. A cross join applies a different strategy that can involve many unnecessary comparisons, reducing performance.
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