The TL;DR
A relational database is sort of like Excel, but for developers: it’s how applications store and analyze data.
Relational databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL are the default software for storing data
Relational DBs are all about schemas: rules for how data is stored and organized
Inserting data into relational DBs follows the ACID specification
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