Nosql

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  1. 1
    A broad class of database management systems that differ from traditional relational databases in not using SQL as a primary query language and in omitting some common features to enhance scalability.

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"I find the relational database works better than the NoSQL one."

Etymology

From no + SQL; more recently sometimes explained as short for not only SQL.

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query languagerelational database

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