A super column is a tuple (a pair) with a binary super column name and a value that maps it to many columns. They consist of a key-value pairs, where the values are columns. Theoretically speaking, super columns are (sorted) associative array of columns. Similar to a regular column family where a row is a sorted map of column names and column values, a row in a super column family is a sorted map of super column names that maps to column names and column values. A super column is part of a keyspace (data model) together with other super columns and column families, and columns. ==Code example== Written in the JSON-like syntax, a super column definition can be like this: