Data storage
Data storage is the retention of data on physical or logical media so it can be accessed or retrieved later.
Think Like a CTO
Data storage is the retention of data on physical or digital media so that it can be accessed and used later.
- How it is used
- Frames where data should reside as a long-term technology decision serving business use.
- How deep it goes
- Defines files, relational stores, and NoSQL stores, but stops short of a selection procedure.
- Examples
- Uses spreadsheets, JSON, XML, CSV, TXT, SQL tables, and document collections to make storage types concrete.
- What you can do after
- Evaluate/understand broad storage options and question whether cheap storage justifies retaining everything.
A Pythonic Adventure: From Python basics to a working web app
Data storage is the retention of program data so that it can be retrieved after or beyond the current execution.
- How it is used
- Stores collected orders in orders.json so the application preserves them beyond its current run.
- How deep it goes
- Explains file existence checks, JSON loading and saving, missing-file fallback, and menu integration.
- Examples
- Uses orders.json, JSON order lists, os.path.exists(), and load_orders and save_orders functions.
- What you can do after
- Operate a file-backed order program by loading existing orders, appending confirmed orders, and saving them.
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