<s>
NDB	B-Language
Cluster	I-Language
is	O
the	O
distributed	O
database	O
system	O
underlying	O
MySQL	B-Operating_System
Cluster	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
independently	O
of	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
with	O
users	O
accessing	O
the	O
Cluster	O
via	O
the	O
NDB	O
API	B-Application
(	O
C++	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
perspective	O
the	O
NDB	B-Language
Cluster	I-Language
is	O
a	O
Storage	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
for	O
storing	O
tables	B-Application
of	O
rows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
NDB	B-Language
Cluster	I-Language
perspective	O
,	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
instance	O
is	O
an	O
API	B-Application
process	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Cluster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NDB	B-Language
Cluster	I-Language
can	O
concurrently	O
support	O
access	O
from	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
API	B-Application
processes	O
including	O
Memcached	O
,	O
JavaScript/Node.JS	O
,	O
Java	O
,	O
JPA	O
and	O
HTTP/REST	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
API	B-Application
processes	O
can	O
operate	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
tables	B-Application
and	O
data	O
stored	O
in	O
the	O
NDB	B-Language
Cluster	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
MySQL	B-Operating_System
Cluster	I-Operating_System
uses	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
to	O
provide	O
the	O
following	O
capabilities	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Ndb	B-Language
Cluster	I-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
Connectors	O
to	O
applications	O
via	O
JDBC	B-Language
,	O
ODBC	B-Application
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
API	B-Application
processes	O
including	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
use	O
the	O
NDBAPI	O
C++	B-Language
client	O
library	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
NDB	B-Language
Cluster	I-Language
and	O
perform	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
