A database is sftware that manages data inclduing storing, indexing and performing queries. Some are internal to an application, but many run as a service used by multiple applications, either running on a central computer or using some form of cloud service. The most common forms are relational databases (effectively collections of large, interconnected tables) and noSQL databases, which use simple key-value bindings to JSON objects.
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