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As a workaround, many application frameworks developed object-relational mapping (ORM) schemes which allowed object-oriented access to relational data. Enter Utility Computing The Internet gold rush ...

Although it’s still a relational database at its core, it’s based on an object-oriented data model with a strict graph schema and modern query language to ensure ease of use.