data store

Where bytes live

A data store is any system or location where digital information is held for later retrieval—databases, file systems, cloud storage, data warehouses.

The term is deliberately broad, encompassing everything from a simple spreadsheet to a distributed server cluster: The application writes user preferences to a local data store.

Related
  • databaseOrganized digital information collection
  • driveOperate a vehicle
  • cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
  • diskFlat circular object
  • flat fileSingle-table data storage

repository · NoSQL · archive · relational database · server · array · collection · Cassandra · rack · management · node · business intelligence · warehouse · port · case · e-commerce platforms · SQL · fan

Opposites
function

data storedata processor

Machine handling information

CPU · data pipeline · algorithm

data flow direction

data storedata source

Information origin point

data stream · sensor

persistence

data storegarbage collector

Person removing household waste

data wipe · volatile memory

Family

data, store, datum, stored, storing, stores, storage, storable, restoration

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