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title: "Event Sourcing — Database Glossary | Xata"
description: "An architectural pattern where state changes are stored as a sequence of immutable events rather than mutable current-state records. CDC streams can be ..."
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# Event Sourcing

CDC

An architectural pattern where state changes are stored as a sequence of immutable events rather than mutable current-state records. CDC streams can be used to derive event sourcing patterns from traditional databases.

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