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Actually the name was very much accidental. Read this post by the guy who coined the term: http://blog.sym-link.com/2009/10/30/nosql_whats_in_a_name.html http:/

Actually the name was very much accidental. Read this post by the guy who coined the term: http://blog.sym-link.com/2009/10/30/nosql_whats_in_a_name.html http://blog.sym-link.com/2009/10/30/nosql_whats_in_a_name.ht... "it was one of 3 or 4 suggestions that I spouted off in the span of like 45 seconds, without thinking."

ergo98 16y ago
>Actually the name was very much accidental. Spur of the moment isn't really accidental, any more than Mel Gibson accidentally said the N-word. There's a bit of a history and a thought process that leads to such a decision.