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Beyond Relational DBs

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NoSQL Databases
Scaling (functioning quickly as the number of users increases) relational
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databases is inefficient.
Scaling is important for developments in the cloud.
NoSQL DBs:
scale better,
don’t require fixed database schemas and map easily to e.g. JavaScript objects.
Data is held in structures similar to Hash Tables.

Browsers with Built-in Databases

Some Web browsers have a built in database (WebSQL)
 What is NoSQL
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Can be thought of as “not only SQL” or “non SQL”

NoSQL incorporates a wide range of different database technologies
that were developed in response to a rise in the volume of data stored
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about users, objects and products by many online companies

What is distinctive is the frequency in which this data is accessed, and
performance and processing needs
Traditional relational databases, were not designed to cope with the
scale and agility challenges that face many modern online applications,
nor were they created with the cheap storage and processing power
currently available in mind