What is MongoDB?

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Overview¶

MongoDB is a NoSQL (Non-Relational) database. NoSQL databases store data in an organized way, but not using columns and rows like a typical relational database design.

NoSQL encompasses a wide range of data store methods. When using MongoDB, the definition for NoSQL can be interpreted as follows:

MongoDB is a NoSQL Document Database. Data in MongoDB is stored as a series of 'documents, which are in turn stored within collections of documents.

A collection is an organized store of documents in MongoDB usually with common fields between documents.THere can be many collections per database and many documents per collection.