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Basic concepts
> Architecture >

Basic concepts

Learn about the query, sharding, replication and persistence layers in YugabyteDB.

Attention

This page documents an earlier version. Go to the latest (v2.2) version.
Universe
Key components of a YugabyteDB node, universe and cluster.
YB-TServer
The tablet server process.
YB-Master
The master process.
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