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What is PostgreSQL?

An advanced open-source relational database known for its reliability, feature richness, and standards compliance.

PostgreSQL is a powerful, enterprise-class database supporting advanced features: JSON/JSONB for document storage, full-text search, window functions, CTEs (Common Table Expressions), materialized views, and custom types.

It offers excellent concurrency through MVCC (Multi-Version Concurrency Control), robust indexing options, and extensive extension ecosystem (PostGIS for geospatial, pg_trgm for fuzzy matching). It is the database of choice for many modern applications.

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Structured Query Language — the standard language for managing and querying data in relational databases.

Database Connection Pooling

A technique that maintains a cache of database connections for reuse, reducing the overhead of creating new connections.

EXPLAIN ANALYZE

A PostgreSQL command that shows the execution plan of a query along with actual runtime statistics for performance tuning.

A version-controlled change to a database schema that can be applied and reversed systematically.

A column or set of columns that uniquely identifies each row in a database table.

The process of organizing database tables to reduce data redundancy and improve data integrity.

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