This manual uses the following terminology to refer to query or ArangoDB structures.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AQL | ArangoDB Query Language |
| Entity | A core element of ArangoDB: collections, views, graphs, documents and attributes |
| Collection | A collection of documents; ArangoDB’s NoSQL equivalent of a SQL table |
| View | A calculated ‘collection’ of documents for sophisticated information retrieval queries using ArangoSearch |
| Document | A data object; ArangoDB’s NoSQL equivalent of a SQL table row |
| Attribute | An atomic piece of data; ArangoDB’s NoSQL equivalent of a SQL table field |
| Query | Strictly speaking a set of clauses that question the DB to retrieve data. It has become the term for any kind of command send to a database |
| Statement | A data manipulation query |
| Clause | a constituent component of a query |
| Query Clause | A data retrieval AQL clause |
| Statement Clause | A data manipulation AQL clause |
| Graph Clause | A graph traversal AQL clause |
| Expression | A value or symbol representing a value or database entity |
| Function | Computational expression |