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MongoDB

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MongoDB is a source-available, cross-platform, document-oriented database program classified as a NoSQL database product that uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas. It was released in February 2009 by 10gen and supports features like sharding, replication, and ACID transactions. Its managed cloud service, MongoDB Atlas, operates on AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure, and current versions are licensed under the Server Side Public License (SSPL).

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Year
2009 1
Significance
The most widely used document-oriented NoSQL database, popularizing schema-flexible JSON-style storage at scale. 1
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Amazon DocumentDB, Systems

Amazon DocumentDB is a separate, proprietary implementation designed for compatibility with a subset of the MongoDB API (versions 3.6 and 4.0) rather than being built on MongoDB own codebase.

Source Wikipedia: Amazon DocumentDB
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1. Wikipedia: MongoDB
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MongoDB is a source-available, cross-platform, document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database product, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents (called BSON) with optional schemas.
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Wikipedia: Amazon DocumentDB
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Amazon DocumentDB is a managed proprietary NoSQL database service that supports document data structures, with some compatibility with MongoDB version 3.6 (released by MongoDB in 2017) and version 4.0 (released by MongoDB in 2018).
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