👉 NoSQL computing, or NoSQL, refers to a broad category of database management systems that are designed to handle large volumes of unstructured or semi-structured data, often in real-time and across distributed systems. Unlike traditional relational databases that enforce a fixed schema, NoSQL databases offer flexible data models, allowing for more dynamic and scalable storage solutions. They are categorized into several types, including document stores (like MongoDB), key-value stores (like Redis), column-family stores (like Cassandra), and graph databases (like Neo4j), each optimized for specific data access patterns and use cases. This flexibility makes NoSQL computing particularly useful in big data, cloud environments, and applications requiring high performance and availability.
