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What is Sharding

Chapter 2
Blockchain Technology for Global Social Change
A method of managing a large database. The Blockchain is separated into different “shards,” and each part of the state is stored and processed by different nodes in the network. Each shard only processes a small part of the state and does so in parallel. Blockchain sharding is complicated by the need to maintain security and authenticity amongst a decentralized set of nodes.
Published in Chapter:
Blockchain Introduced
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 35
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9578-6.ch002
Abstract
This chapter provides an introductory explanation of Blockchain technology and how it works, concentrating on its potential for social impact. It describes the history of the development of Blockchain, which is a form of distributed ledger technology.
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Chapter 3
Database Systems for Big Data Storage and Retrieval
Distributing data across the nodes in a non-overlapping manner. When this task is done by a system in a manner transparent to the user, it is called auto-sharding. Client-managed sharding refers to data distribution specified through application logic.
Published in Chapter: Database Systems for Big Data Storage and Retrieval; From: Handbook of Research on Big Data Storage and Visualization Techniques
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Chapter 15
Query Languages in NoSQL Databases
The technique to divide a table in many nodes. The data are spread to nodes following arbitrary criteria.
Published in Chapter: Query Languages in NoSQL Databases; From: Handbook of Research on Innovative Database Query Processing Techniques
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Chapter 5
Role of Open Source Software in Big Data Storage
Sharding is a Database Partitioning scheme in which datasets are distributed across nodes for Load Balancing and improving performance.
Published in Chapter: Role of Open Source Software in Big Data Storage; From: Handbook of Research on Big Data Storage and Visualization Techniques
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Chapter 5
Crypto Coins and Ethereum: Pioneering Decentralized Finance
A method used in blockchain technology to increase the number of transactions a network can process by splitting the network into smaller, more manageable parts.
Published in Chapter: Crypto Coins and Ethereum: Pioneering Decentralized Finance; From: Decentralizing the Online Experience With Web3 Technologies
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Chapter 54
New Trends in Databases to NonSQL Databases
It is an organization of information that consists of distributing data among a set of machines so that machines can define roles such as a machine acting as a server and the rest of customers or that all machines act with the same roles.
Published in Chapter: New Trends in Databases to NonSQL Databases; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fifth Edition
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Chapter 37
NoSQL Databases
Another name of database partitioning used by some of the NoSQL database vendors like MongoDB.
Published in Chapter: NoSQL Databases; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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