Client-Side Storage
- localStorage
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Stores data in key/value pairs, tied to a domain, and persists across browser sessions. [C5, F3.5, S4, IE8, O10.5, iOS, A]
Referenced in Tip 27, Saving Preferences with Web Storage
- sessionStorage
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Stores data in key/value pairs, tied to a domain, and is erased when a browser session ends. [C5, F3.5, S4, IE8, O10.5, iOS, A]
Referenced in Tip 27, Saving Preferences with Web Storage
- IndexedDB
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An in-browser object store that persists across sessions. [C25, F10, IE10]
- Web SQL Databases
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Fully relational databases with support for creating tables, inserts, updates, deletes, and selects, with transactions. Tied to a domain and persistent across sessions. No longer an active specification. [C5, S3.2, O10.5, ...
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