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Neo4j: What's A Graph Database?

A graph database uses nodes, edges, and properties to represent and store data in a graph structure. Nodes can have properties and be connected by relationships. Neo4j is a graph database that uses nodes, relationships, and properties to store and query data and find connections in the graph.

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Neo4j: What's A Graph Database?

A graph database uses nodes, edges, and properties to represent and store data in a graph structure. Nodes can have properties and be connected by relationships. Neo4j is a graph database that uses nodes, relationships, and properties to store and query data and find connections in the graph.

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Whats a

Graph
Database?
MANAGES A

DEFINED AS A graph database is a database that


uses graph structures with nodes,
edges and properties to represent
and store information.

Neo4j

IS A

the worlds leading

graph database

RECORDS
DATA IN

Graph

NODES

CONNECT

RELATIONSHIPS

HAVE
NAVIGATES

ORDER

IDENTIFIES

PROPERTIES
PATHS

TRAVERSAL

HAVE

MAPS FROM

INDEX

Graph Database

A Graph Database uses graph structures with nodes, edges, and


properties to represent and store data.
A traditional relational database may tell you the average age of
everyone at this conference, but a graph database will tell you who
is most likely to buy you a beer.

Graph

A Graph records data in Nodes that in turn, have Properties.


The simplest possible graph is a single Node, with one designated property. A Node could begin with a single Property and
grow to a few million, although this structure would get a little
awkward. At some point it makes sense to distribute the data into
multiple Nodes, organized with explicit Relationships.

Nodes

Along with Relationships, Nodes are the core building blocks of


a Graph. A Node has three major groups of operations: operations that deal with Relationships, operations that deal with
Properties and operations that create traversers.

Relationships

A Relationship links between two Nodes in the Graph.


A relationship has a start Node, an end Node and a type. You
can attach Properties to Relationships as well as Nodes. The
fact that the Relationship API gives meaning to start and end
Nodes implicitly means that all Relationships have a direction.

Properties

Properties are used to define your data and your Node. Both
Nodes and Relationships can hold Properties in a key/value
fashion.

Traversal

Indexes

Neo4j

the worlds leading

graph database

Traversing a Graph means visiting its Nodes, following relationships according to some rules. In most cases only a subgraph is
visited, as you already know where in the Graph the interesting
Nodes and Relationships are found.
A Traversal is how you query a Graph, and find answers to
questions like if this power supply goes down, what web
services are affected?
Often, you want to find a specific Node or Relationship based on
a Property it has. This special case of Traversal is optimized into
an Index lookup.
Neo4j, a high performance, scalable graph database that is transactional, durable, and can scale to handle complex, ever-changing
data.
Neo Technology is the company sponsor for Neo4j.

Connect to the Graph: graphconnect.com


More info: neotechnology.com

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