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Database Connection
Quick Definition
Communication channel between application and database server
Full Definition
A communication channel between an application and a database server for executing queries and transactions.
Examples
connection strings, authentication, session management
Related Terms
connection-pooling
sql
driver
More Database Terms
Sharding
Horizontal data partitioning across multiple instances
Document Database
NoSQL database storing data as flexible JSON-like documents
Key-Value Store
NoSQL database storing data as key-value pairs
Denormalization
Intentionally adding redundancy to improve reads
Foreign Key
Field referencing primary key to establish table relationships
Data Modeling
Creating a model describing data structure and relationships