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What are the main investment instruments?

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In the world of finance and investment, understanding the characteristics of different investment instruments is important. From stocks and bonds to cryptocu...

What is ‘ACID’ in databases?

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In the context of database management systems, ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) is a set of properties intended to guarantee that data tr...

What is ‘Data Sharding’ in databases?

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Data sharding is a technique used in database management to divide and store a large amount of data into smaller, more manageable pieces or “shards”. Think o...

What is ‘Connection Pooling’ in databases?

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Imagine a database as a busy office with lots of employees (or in this case, database connections) who need to access information from it. When a program or ...