Types of Databases
Learn about the different types of databases and their properties.
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Now that we know the most important terms regarding databases, let’s take a look at the different types of databases.
Relational databases
Relational databases organize data in tables. A table consists of related columns (attributes) and rows (data entries). The layout of these tables is called the database schema. To relate data from different tables with each other, keys are used to uniquely identify rows. Foreign keys in other tables can then be used to refer to the row of the source table. ...