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Actian Zen: History, Companies & Products

Actian Zen (formerly Btrieve, later named Pervasive PSQL until version 13) is an ACID-compliant, zero-DBA, embedded, nano-footprint, multi-model, Multi-Platform database management system (DBMS). It was originally developed by Pervasive Software, which was acquired by Actian Corporation in 2013.

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Actian Zen topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Actian Zen.

Related topics: 103
Source areas: 8
Connected nodes: 111
Extracted relationships: 20
Concept neighborhoods: 36
Bridge connections: 111

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

DBMS architecture · 30 topics

Overview · 18 topics

Tools · 16 topics

Additional features · 15 topics

Interfaces · 14 topics

Limitations · 5 topics

Editions and licensing · 3 topics

History · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Available in: English, Japanese
Developer: Actian Corporation
License: Shareware
Operating system: Cross-platform
Stable release: v16 / June 17, 2024
Type: DBMS, RDBMS, NoSQL

Suggested research paths

A focused starting point derived from the topic graph, ranked independently of the source article order.

Start with these areas

Less obvious directions

Editions and licensing

Processing Product key Licensing

History

Sage Small and medium enterprises

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Btrieve Architecture of Btrieve
ACID
Database management system
Pervasive Software
Actian Corporation
Embedding Embedded database
Software applications Software application
Independent software vendors Independent software vendor
Original equipment manufacturers Original equipment manufacturer
Microsoft Windows
Linux
Mac OS X
32-bit
64-bit
Deployment Software deployment
Workgroup Workgroup (computer networking)
Client-server
Cloud computing

History

Sage Sage Group
Small and medium enterprises

DBMS architecture

Peer-to-peer
Software-as-a-service
Architecture Software architecture
Database
Storage engine
Transactional database Database transaction
Relational database
Data access
Btrieve
Query language
Parse
NotOnlySQL NoSQL
Atomicity Atomicity (database systems)
Consistency Consistency (database systems)
Isolation Isolation (database systems)
Durability Durability (database systems)
Files Computer file
Keys Unique key
Cached Cache (computing)
Configuration Computer configuration
Structured Query Language
SQL
SQL-92
Integrity Data integrity
Database security
Stored procedures Stored procedure
User-defined functions User-defined function
Triggers Database trigger
COBOL
Data types

Additional features

Multi-core processor
IPv4
IPv6
Compression Data compression
Encryption
Cluster Cluster (computing)
I18N
UTF-8
Data files Data file
Clients Client (computing)
Unicode
Localization Language localisation
Backup
Auditing
Data replication

Interfaces

Interfaces Interface (computing)
Data manipulation
Component Object Model
Adapter pattern
Application programming interfaces Application programming interface
Java Class Library
ActiveX
ADO.NET
ODBC
JDBC
OLE DB
Visual Component Library
Embarcadero Delphi
C++ Builder

Tools

Utility software
Command line
Windows
Servers Server (computing)
License management
Resource Resource (computer science)
Session Session (computer science)
Network Computer network
File formats File format
Data definition
Query plans Query plan
Optimization Program optimization
Development Software development
Testing Software testing
Debugging
API

Editions and licensing

Licensing Software license agreement
Product key
Processing Process (computing)

Limitations

Data warehousing
Data mining
Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle Oracle Database
Distributed transactions Distributed transaction

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Actian Zen connects Entity context

The extracted context around Actian Zen shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Actian Zen → Because, Client Caching Engine, However, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, This, Zen, Zen Client Reporting Engine Another extracted example is Actian Zen → English, Japanese. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Actian Zen

Top relations

related to Limitations · 8

Actian Zen → Because, Client Caching Engine, However, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, This, Zen, Zen Client Reporting Engine

Available in · 1

Actian Zen → English, Japanese

Developer · 1

Actian Zen → Actian Corporation

License · 1

Actian Zen → Shareware

Operating system · 1

Actian Zen → Cross-platform

Stable release · 1

Actian Zen → v16 / June 17, 2024

Type · 1

Actian Zen → DBMS, RDBMS, NoSQL

Website · 1

Actian Zen → www.actian.com/data-management/zen-embedded-database/

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

zen database data engine actian mkde sql licensing access system btrieve users utility server pervasive software management psql srde applications

Actian Zen relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 20 structured relationships around Actian Zen. Examples in this analysis include Actian Zen → Available in → English, Japanese and Actian Zen → Developer → Actian Corporation. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Actian Zen	Available in	English, Japanese	1.00	infobox
Actian Zen	Developer	Actian Corporation	1.00	infobox
Actian Zen	License	Shareware	1.00	infobox
Actian Zen	Operating system	Cross-platform	1.00	infobox
Actian Zen	Stable release	v16 / June 17, 2024	1.00	infobox
Actian Zen	Type	DBMS, RDBMS, NoSQL	1.00	infobox
Actian Zen	Website	www.actian.com/data-management/zen-embedded-database/	1.00	infobox
a power interruption	instance of	If a transaction does not fully run its course due to an external event	0.80	text
the data remains in the state in which it existed before the transaction began to run.In the MKDE	instance of	If a transaction does not fully run its course due to an external event	0.80	text
records are stored in files which are roughly equivalent to the tables of a relational database engine	instance of	If a transaction does not fully run its course due to an external event	0.80	text
Microsoft SQL Server	instance of	and reporting services built into database engines	0.80	text
Oracle	instance of	and reporting services built into database engines	0.80	text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Actian Zen bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Psql, Software and Corporation. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Actian Zen
- Psql
- Software
- Corporation
- Management
- Pervasive
- Dbms
- Editions
- Interfaces
- Provides
- Btrieve
- Applications
- System
actian zen
- Psql
- Software
- Corporation
- Management
- Pervasive
- Server
- Dbms
- Database
- Editions
- Interfaces
- Provides
- Btrieve
btrieve
- Management
- Pervasive
- Dbms
- Psql
- System
- Api
- Application
- Interfaces
- Software
- Database
- Environments
- Support
database management system
- Engine
- Pervasive
- Dbms
- Interfaces
- Psql
- Relational
- Software
- System
- Also
- License
- Windows
- Sql
pervasive software
- Management
- Dbms
- Application
- Interfaces
- Psql
- Software
- System
- Corporation
- Environments
- Support
- Sql
- Database
actian corporation
- Psql
- Software
- Corporation
- Pervasive
- Management
- Also
- Dbms
- Editions
- Interfaces
- License
- Provides
- Btrieve
database
- Engine
- Relational
- Sql
- Zen
- Support
- Dbms
- Mkde
- Application
- Psql
- Engines
- Management
- Pervasive
storage engine
- Relational
- Support
- Sql
- Psql
- Licensing
- Srde
- Zen
- Access
- Mkde
- Windows
- Provides
- Engines

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Actian Zen, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Actian Zen with DBMS architecture. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Actian Zen — DBMS architecture · splits 81 ⟂ 31

Actian Zen — Overview · splits 93 ⟂ 19

Actian Zen — Tools · splits 95 ⟂ 17

Actian Zen — Additional features · splits 96 ⟂ 16

Actian Zen — Interfaces · splits 97 ⟂ 15

Actian Zen — Limitations · splits 106 ⟂ 6

Actian Zen — Editions and licensing · splits 108 ⟂ 4

Actian Zen — History · splits 109 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Actian Zen

Nodes112

Edges111

Triples20

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.017857

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Actian Zen to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Actian Zen · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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