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This lecture introduces NoSQL databases as alternatives to relational databases, focusing on their origins, properties, and different types such as key-value, column-oriented, document-oriented, and graph databases. It covers the principles of CRUD operations in MongoDB and the importance of maintaining functionality and performance in web services. The lecture also explains the CAP theorem and the trade-offs between consistency, availability, and partition tolerance in distributed systems.