A graph database management system that stores data as nodes and relationships and queries it with the Cypher query language. It is one of the most widely used native graph databases.
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- Neo4j is a native graph database that represents data as nodes connected by typed, directed relationships, with properties on both. This structure makes traversing connections efficient compared with join-heavy queries in relational systems.
- It is queried using Cypher, a declarative graph query language, and is applied to use cases such as fraud detection, recommendation, network analysis, and knowledge graphs.