Document-oriented databases (also called: aggregate databases, document databases or document stores) place each record, and its associative data, inside single documents. This database type is a ...

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The information below serves as a brief primer to help you better understand the database terms you’ll most often encounter. Relational Databases. Relational databases became the database of choice ...

Douglas Adams once wrote of a Holistic Detective Agency. The central character in this story, Dirk Gently, was able to solve cases with his understanding of the fundamental interconnectedness of ...