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I think what they mean is that the files are stored as static files on a disk. I believe most people would call this a "document store", to contrast it with a

by blhack 10y ago

I think what they mean is that the files are stored as static files on a disk. I believe most people would call this a "document store", to contrast it with a RDBMS, or colloquially, a database.

derefr 10y ago
It's not a relational database, but it's a database. A filesystem, where the directories represent tables and the files represent records, is effectively a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_database_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_database_model.