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KEYWORDS="database"
SHORT="database library"
cat << EOF
-Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple
-data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is
-serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a
-key and a value. Each key must be unique within a database. There is neither concept of
+Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database
+is a simple
+data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every
+key and value is
+serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string
+can be used as a
+key and a value. Each key must be unique within a database. There is neither
+concept of
data tables nor data types. Records are organized in hash table or B+ tree.
-Kyoto Cabinet runs very fast. For example, elapsed time to store one million records is 0.9
-seconds for hash database, and 1.1 seconds for B+ tree database. Moreover, the size of
-database is very small. For example, overhead for a record is 16 bytes for hash database,
-and 4 bytes for B+ tree database. Furthermore, scalability of Kyoto Cabinet is great. The
+Kyoto Cabinet runs very fast. For example, elapsed time to store one million
+records is 0.9
+seconds for hash database, and 1.1 seconds for B+ tree database. Moreover,
+the size of
+database is very small. For example, overhead for a record is 16 bytes for
+hash database,
+and 4 bytes for B+ tree database. Furthermore, scalability of Kyoto Cabinet
+is great. The
database size can be up to 8EB (9.22e18 bytes).
EOF