Plain-English definition
database migration
What it means
A database migration is a careful, planned change to how your app's information is organized, such as adding a new detail to every customer record. It updates the structure without losing or scrambling the data you already have.
In plain terms
Like upgrading the shelving in a library and relabeling every book to a new system, done carefully so not a single title gets lost in the move.
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