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What is the purpose of "attachments" in PouchDB, as a feature for storing binary data alongside a document?

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  1. What is the purpose of "attachments" in PouchDB, as a feature for storing binary data alongside a document?
  2. What is the purpose of `db.get(id)` versus `db.allDocs()` in PouchDB's query API?
  3. What is a reasonable use case for running PouchDB in a Node.js server-side context, given that it's often primarily associated with browser-based, client-side offline storage?
  4. What is PouchDB?
  5. What is the relationship between PouchDB and CouchDB, given that PouchDB is deliberately designed to be API/sync-compatible with it?
  6. What is the significance of the `_rev` (revision) field that PouchDB automatically manages on every document?
  7. What is the typical strategy an application needs to implement for handling a detected PouchDB/CouchDB conflict, given that PouchDB itself doesn't automatically decide which conflicting version "wins"?
  8. What is the basic API pattern for creating/saving a new document in PouchDB?
  9. What is a PouchDB/CouchDB "view" (created via a map/reduce function), and what problem does it solve for querying data beyond simple lookup-by-ID?
  10. What is a "document" in PouchDB, and what format does it typically take?
  11. What is the basic API pattern for starting a bidirectional sync between a local PouchDB database and a remote CouchDB server?
  12. What is the purpose of PouchDB's sync capability with CouchDB, and what problem does it solve for building "offline-first" applications?
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