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>NoSQL doesn't mean non-relational

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoSQL

A NoSQL (originally referring to "non-SQL" or "non-relational")[1] database provides a mechanism for storage and retrieval of data that is modeled in means other than the tabular relations used in relational databases.

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Thank you for pointing that out, but then the name NoSQL would be a misnomer. There must be multiple ways of storing relational data without including SQL. Someone above mentioned graph databases as a good example.

> There must be multiple ways of storing relational data without including SQL

SQL makes no assumptions how relational data is stored exactly. It is just a language to talk to a RDBMS.

Poorly named things are bread and butter of software engineering.

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