rowstore

noun

rowstore

noun

/ˈɹoʊˌstɔ(ɹ)/

Etymology From row + store.

1

Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A database storage method that organizes data by rows, storing all fields of a record together. This design is best for transactional workloads where entire records are frequently accessed or modified.

Data management

  • This is in contrast to most common database systems, “rowstores", where values of different attributes from the same tuple are stored consecutively.2013 September 20, Milko Marinov, Vladimir Tochev, EXTENSION OF HYPERTABLE QUERY LANGUAGE WITH AGGREGATE OPERATIONS, in PROCEEDINGS of the International Conference InfoTech-2013, Bulgaria, page 55:
  • Now available in Beta for invited users, MemSQL 7.0 SingleStore functionality differentiates MemSQL from other data solutions by reducing the pain of choosing between a rowstore or a columnstore for workloads, eliminating some of the hard tradeoffs and added complexity of typical data management.2019 September 24, “Announcing MemSQL Helios: The World’s First SingleStore, System of Record Cloud Database”, in Regional Business News (article), sourced from Business Wire (English), bizwire.bw31991875:
Antonyms
columnstore

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