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<h2 id="types">Types</h2> <p>Data store can refer to a broad class of storage systems including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Paper/FUETwwKV">Paper</a> files</li> <li>Simple files like a <a href="/facts/Spreadsheet/0cvc1GeB">spreadsheet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/File_system/FdPm90uc">File systems</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Email/6pD9GLtI">Email</a> storage systems (both <a href="/facts/Server_(computing)/dEaYFD7r">server</a> and <a href="/facts/Client_(computing)/u0wlVsWI">client</a> systems)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Database/VYcpkevb">Databases</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Relational_database/pEKGmJLy">Relational databases</a>, based on the <a href="/facts/Relational_model/VFf4dDIU">relational model</a> of data</li> <li><a href="/facts/Object-oriented_database/Vfej0eDT">Object-oriented databases</a>. They can save <a href="/facts/Object_(computer_science)/eX99dtAw">objects</a> of an <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_programming/TxNMEcao">object-oriented</a> design.</li> <li><a href="/facts/NoSQL/vvynRKfd">NoSQL</a> databases <ul><li><a href="/facts/Key%25E2%2580%2593value_database/Yee8EIGE">Key–value databases</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wide-column_store/qL6MGfhr">Wide-column stores</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Graph_database/WJfPlV3z">Graph databases</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Distributed_data_store/Raz2puRl">Distributed data stores</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Directory_service/6fsVdntu">Directory services</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/VMware/lKHGULx3">VMware</a> uses the term <i>datastore</i> to refer to a file that stores a <a href="/facts/Virtual_machine/BLevU3sx">virtual machine</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Data_architecture/Hj8zHXGX">Data architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Data_flow_diagram/kAJMEeJc">Data flow diagram</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Database/VYcpkevb">Database</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Distributed_data_store/Raz2puRl">Distributed data store</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Glossary D: data store". Information Management. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2011-04-04. A place where data is stored; data at rest. A generic term that includes databases and flat files. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130114213951/http://www.information-management.com/glossary/d.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130114213951/http://www.information-management.com/glossary/d.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Datastore - MATLAB & Simulink". in.mathworks.com. Retrieved 2016-01-11. <a href="http://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/datastore.html" target="_blank">http://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/datastore.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>VMware (2016-01-11). "Managed Object - Datastore". VMware. Retrieved 2016-01-11. <a href="https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk41pubs/ApiReference/vim.Datastore.html" target="_blank">https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk41pubs/ApiReference/vim.Datastore.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Data Store API". Mozilla Developer Network. Retrieved 2016-01-11.Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Data_Store_API" target="_blank">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Data_Store_API</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Managed Object Description". Pubs.vmware.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02. <a href="http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/sdk/ReferenceGuide/vim.Datastore.html" target="_blank">http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/sdk/ReferenceGuide/vim.Datastore.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>