ORM
/əʊ ɑː em/
Definition
Object-Relational Mapper — a library that converts between database rows and programming language objects.
Example in context
"With Prisma (ORM), we call user.findMany() instead of writing SQL — it generates and runs the query for us."
Related terms
Practice this term
Master ORM in context by working through exercises in the Databases & SQL module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.