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MongoDB is an open-source document-based database. It is a trending NoSQL database used in the market right now to develop modern applications. It is written in C++. It works on the concept of collections and documents.

Features of MongoDB

1) Cross Platform
2) Document based
3) High performance
4) Scalability

Collections and Documents

A collection is group of documents. It is similar to the table in a RDBMS database, whereas a document is a set of keys and values, it is similar to the row in RDBMS database.

Advantages of MongoDB

Schema less: There may not be a schema due to its document-holding pattern.

No joins: There are no complex joins, an inbuilt methods are available to get data from many collections.

Scaling: This database is very easy to scale because it contains JSON.

For further reading https://fsh.org.in/blog-details/Database/MongoDB+Database/23