It is (without any time restriction re: GC etc.) The exact term would be 'accumulate-only' (technically, 'append-only' is more of a storage implementation deta

It is (without any time restriction re: GC etc.) The exact term would be 'accumulate-only' (technically, 'append-only' is more of a storage implementation detail). Interestingly, you can also make 'WHAT IF' queries i.e obtained a view as if some writes were made (but without transacting them).