Glossary
NoSQL
Meaning and details
Document (MongoDB), key-value (Redis), wide-column (Cassandra), graph (Neo4j): each trades relational guarantees for a specific shape of scale or flexibility. Modern Postgres with JSONB blurs the line.
NoSQL meaning
The family of databases beyond the relational model.
What is NoSQL?
Document (MongoDB), key-value (Redis), wide-column (Cassandra), graph (Neo4j): each trades relational guarantees for a specific shape of scale or flexibility. Modern Postgres with JSONB blurs the line.