Learn to say popular time series database names correctly.
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How is InfluxDB (open-source database purpose-built for time series data) correctly pronounced?
InfluxDB is pronounced 'IN-fluks-dee-bee' — 'influx' plus 'D-B' spoken as letters, stress on IN. In a technical interview: "InfluxDB downsampled a year of sensor readings into hourly rollups automatically."
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How is TimescaleDB (PostgreSQL extension optimized for time series workloads) correctly pronounced?
TimescaleDB is pronounced 'TYM-skayl-dee-bee' — 'time' plus 'scale' plus 'D-B', stress on TYM. In a technical interview: "TimescaleDB let us keep running plain SQL joins against years of metrics data."
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How is QuestDB (open-source time series database built for fast SQL analytics) correctly pronounced?
QuestDB is pronounced 'KWEST-dee-bee' — 'quest' plus 'D-B' spoken as letters, stress on KWEST. In a technical interview: "QuestDB ingested a million ticks per second without dropping a single row."
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How is VictoriaMetrics (fast, cost-efficient time series database and monitoring solution) correctly pronounced?
VictoriaMetrics is pronounced 'vik-TOR-ee-uh MEH-triks' — 'Victoria' (the name) plus 'metrics'. In a technical interview: "VictoriaMetrics replaced our Prometheus long-term storage and cut disk usage in half."
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How is KairosDB (distributed time series database built on Cassandra) correctly pronounced?
KairosDB is pronounced 'KY-rohs-dee-bee' — 'Kairos' (the Greek word for the right moment) plus 'D-B'. In a technical interview: "KairosDB stored the sensor history on top of our existing Cassandra cluster."