Relational databases organize data in rows and tables like a printed mail order catalog or a train schedule list and are indispensable for storing structured information from scraped websites.
They are specifically optimized for indexing large amounts of data for quick retrieval. Most relational databases are handled by a database server, an application designed specifically for managing databases and which is responsible for abstracting low-level details of accessing the underlying data.
A relational database management system (RDBMS) is based ...
