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# Persistent Store Types

Persist data through the available store types.

## Topics

### Constants

[`NSSQLiteStoreType`](/documentation/CoreData/NSSQLiteStoreType)

The SQLite database store type.

[`NSXMLStoreType`](/documentation/CoreData/NSXMLStoreType)

The XML store type.

[`NSBinaryStoreType`](/documentation/CoreData/NSBinaryStoreType)

The binary store type.

[`NSInMemoryStoreType`](/documentation/CoreData/NSInMemoryStoreType)

The in-memory store type.


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