Practice the pronunciation of database names including CockroachDB, Cassandra, SQLite, DuckDB, and ScyllaDB.
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How is 'CockroachDB' pronounced?
CockroachDB is pronounced /ˈkɒkroʊtʃ diː biː/ — 'KOK-roach DEE BEE'. 'Cockroach' = /ˈkɒkroʊtʃ/ — the English word for the insect, chosen because cockroaches are famously hard to kill (survivability/resilience). 'Cock' = /kɒk/ (short /ɒ/). 'roach' = /roʊtʃ/ (diphthong /oʊ/ + /tʃ/). 'DB' = D /diː/, B /biː/, spelled out. Stress on the first syllable: KOK-roach DEE BEE. Non-native speakers may use a short 'o' in 'roach'. CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database designed for horizontal scalability and survivability across nodes and regions: \'Our multi-region store runs on KOK-roach DEE BEE\'.
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How is 'Cassandra' pronounced?
Cassandra is pronounced /kəˈsændrə/ — 'kuh-SAN-druh'. The name comes from the Trojan priestess Cassandra of Greek myth. 'Ca' = /kə/ (unstressed schwa). 'ssan' = /sæn/ (short /æ/, stressed). '-dra' = /drə/ (schwa). Three syllables: kuh-SAN-druh, stress on the second. Non-native speakers often stress the first syllable ('KASS-an-druh') or use a long 'a'. Apache Cassandra is a distributed wide-column NoSQL database designed for high availability with no single point of failure: \'Time-series metrics are stored in kuh-SAN-druh\'.
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How is 'SQLite' pronounced?
SQLite is most commonly pronounced /ˌɛs kjuː ɛl ˈaɪt/ — 'ESS-CUE-EL-ITE', spelling out S-Q-L then '-ite' = /aɪt/ (diphthong as in 'light'). The creator D. Richard Hipp says he pronounces it 'ESS-CUE-EL-ITE', though 'SEE-kwul-ite' is also widely heard. 'SQL' = S /ɛs/, Q /kjuː/, L /ɛl/. '-ite' = /aɪt/. Stress on the final syllable: ess-cue-el-ITE. SQLite is a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration SQL database engine embedded directly into applications, the most widely deployed database in the world: \'The mobile app stores data locally in ESS-CUE-EL-ITE\'.
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How is 'DuckDB' pronounced?
DuckDB is pronounced /ˈdʌk diː biː/ — 'DUK DEE BEE'. 'Duck' = /dʌk/ (short /ʌ/ as in 'luck', the English word for the bird; the project mascot is a duck named Wilbur). 'DB' = D /diː/, B /biː/, spelled out. Stress on the first part: DUK DEE BEE. Non-native speakers may use a long 'oo' ('DOOK'). DuckDB is an in-process analytical SQL database (an OLAP counterpart to SQLite), optimised for fast analytical queries on local data: \'We run ad-hoc analytics on Parquet files with DUK DEE BEE\'.
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How is 'ScyllaDB' pronounced?
ScyllaDB is pronounced /ˈsɪlə diː biː/ — 'SIL-uh DEE BEE'. The name comes from Scylla, the sea monster of Greek myth (paired with Charybdis); the 'Sc' before 'y' is a soft /s/, not /sk/. 'Scy' = /sɪ/ (short /ɪ/). '-lla' = /lə/ (schwa). 'DB' = D /diː/, B /biː/. Stress on the first syllable: SIL-uh DEE BEE. Non-native speakers often say a hard 'sk' ('SKY-luh' or 'SKIL-uh'). ScyllaDB is a Cassandra-compatible NoSQL database rewritten in C++ for low latency and high throughput: \'We migrated from Cassandra to SIL-uh DEE BEE for lower tail latency\'.