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Interesting. Would you say a file system is a database?
by rm999 14y ago
Interesting. Would you say a file system is a database?
- count 14y agoGenerally, yes.
- plorkyeran 14y agoI don't think I could come up with a coherent definition of a database which includes low-durability NoSQL key/value stores yet excludes file systems. This doesn't necessarily mean that file systems are a database, however; it could be that in order for the word "database" to be meaningful it must be defined in a way that excludes some things commonly thought of as databases, similar to why Pluto was deplaneted.