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Zope Object Database
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<ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <p>The Zope Object Database (ZODB) is an <a href="/facts/Object_database/Vfej0eDT">object-oriented database</a> for transparently and persistently storing <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a> objects. It is included as part of the <a href="/facts/Zope/QUkJsd03">Zope</a> web <a href="/facts/Application_server/wHYtgYK5">application server</a>, but can also be used independently of Zope. </p><p>Features of the ZODB include: transactions, history/undo, transparently pluggable storage, built-in caching, <a href="/facts/Multiversion_concurrency_control/bktUeU82">multiversion concurrency control</a> (MVCC), and scalability across a network (using ZEO). </p>