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134134main file (aka. main fork), a <firstterm>free space map</> (see
135135<xref linkend="storage-fsm">) that stores information about free space
136136available in the relation, is stored in a file named after the filenode
137- number, with the the <literal>_fsm</> suffix.
137+ number, with the <literal>_fsm</> suffix. Tables also have a visibility map
138+ fork, with the <literal>_vm</> suffix, to track which pages are known to have
139+ no dead tuples and therefore need no vacuuming.
138140</para>
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