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Berkeley DB

Berkeley DB (BDB) is an embedded database software library for key/value data, historically significant in open-source software. Berkeley DB is written in C with API bindings for many other programming languages. BDB stores arbitrary key/data pairs as byte arrays and supports multiple data items for a single key. Berkeley DB is not a relational database…

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Developers
Sleepycat Software, later Oracle Corporation
License
Dual licensed (GNU Affero General Public License and proprietary license
Operating system
Windows, Unix-like
Original authors
Margo Seltzer and Keith Bostic of Sleepycat Software
Release
1994; 32 years ago (1994)
Size
~1244 kB compiled on Windows x86

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Oracle Corporation use of name "Berkeley DB"

Open-source programs still using Berkeley DB

Licensing

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Berkeley DB

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples89
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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Berkeley DB

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related to Origin · 31
Berkeley DB → After, API, AT, Berkeley, Berkeley DB HA, Berkeley DB's, Berkeley's, BSD, California, CDS, Concurrent Data Store, Data Store, DS, February, HA, High Availability, In, LDAP, Netscape, Netscape's
related to Open-source programs still using Berkeley DB · 11
Berkeley DB → BDB, Bogofilter, Citadel, Citadel/UX, Exim, Linux/Unix, MTA, Notable, Sendmail, Spamassassin, Unix-like
related to Architecture · 9
Berkeley DB → API, Like SQLite, LMDB, Oracle, R2, SQL, SQLite, SQLite API, The
related to External links · 9
Berkeley DB → Book, DB DownloadsOracle Berkeley DB, DocumentationOracle Berkeley DB Licensing, Free, Himanshu Yadava, InformationLicensing, Knowledge NetThe Berkeley DB, Oracle Berkeley DBOracle Berkeley, Oracle Technology ProductsOracle Licensing
related to Oracle Corporation use of name "Berkeley DB" · 7
Berkeley DB → BDB, DB Java Edition, DB XML, Java, Oracle Corporation, The, XQuery
related to Licensing · 6
Berkeley DB → Berkeley DB V2, DBV2, GNU AGPL, Oracle, Sleepycat LicenseV6, V6
Developers · 1
Berkeley DB → Sleepycat Software, later Oracle Corporation
License · 1
Berkeley DB → Dual licensed (GNU Affero General Public License and proprietary license
Operating system · 1
Berkeley DB → Windows, Unix-like
Original authors · 1
Berkeley DB → Margo Seltzer and Keith Bostic of Sleepycat Software

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berkeley db database software bdb sleepycat oracle open-source license data operating systems version library agpl corporation free system key 2013

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Berkeley DBDevelopersSleepycat Software, later Oracle Corporation1.00infobox
Berkeley DBLicenseDual licensed (GNU Affero General Public License and proprietary license1.00infobox
Berkeley DBOperating systemWindows, Unix-like1.00infobox
Berkeley DBOriginal authorsMargo Seltzer and Keith Bostic of Sleepycat Software1.00infobox
Berkeley DBRelease1994; 32 years ago (1994)1.00infobox
Berkeley DBSize~1244 kB compiled on Windows x861.00infobox
Berkeley DBStable release18.1.40 / May 29, 2020; 6 years ago (2020-05-29)1.00infobox
Berkeley DBTypeEmbedded database, NoSQL Database1.00infobox
Berkeley DBWebsitewww.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/berkeleydb.html1.00infobox
Berkeley DBWritten inC1.00infobox
ACID transactionsinstance ofThe record and its key can both be up to four gigabytes long.Berkeley DB supports database features0.80text
fine-grained lockinginstance ofThe record and its key can both be up to four gigabytes long.Berkeley DB supports database features0.80text

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