data stores

Where systems remember

Data stores are systems or locations where digital information is kept for later retrieval.

The term encompasses databases, file systems, cloud storage, and data warehouses—any technology that persists data beyond immediate use.

In software development, choosing the right data store depends on how the data will be accessed: We use different data stores for user profiles and transaction logs.

warehouseBulk goods storage building
in memoryHonoring someone gone
archiveStored historical records
databaseOrganized digital information collection
vaultSecure storage chamber

SQL · repository · collection · library · file system · depot · catalog · reservoir · Cassandra · NTFS · Google Drive · MySQL · FAT32 · Dropbox · ledger · OneDrive · backup drive · backup

Opposites

persistence

data storesvolatile memory

Storage requiring constant power

RAM · cache · working memory · registers · short-term memory

data handling function

data storesdata streams

Continuous flows of information

data sources

information management approach

data storesdata destruction

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