- "Google uses NoSQL technology in order to quickly store and retrieve such a large amount of data."
nosql
acronym; noun
a term to describe a database engine which does not follow typical relational database semantics, nor utilize SQL-like syntax (structured query language); generally used incorrectly by those ignorant as if there is a single database engine named "nosql"
Etymology : an acronym "NO" for "Not Only" appended to the acronym "SQL" (strucutured query language)
Source : coined by Carlo Strozzi in 1998, reborn in 2009 by Rackspace's Eric Evans http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3879191/A-Few-Words-About-NoSQL-and-Other-Unstructured-Databases.htm
Last modified: 4 December 2011