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Subject: Why or when is data local ?
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I'm new to couch and working through the book, but there's one thing I
don't understand.
In a CouchApp data is said to be local. Does that mean it is
replicated to the user's desktop/device?

The average user does not install Couch on their client. So where is
the data stored so it can be accessed offline? I first heard about
couch on a podcast, with Jan I think, and I didn't quite understand it
then either...but it sounded great.

Thanks,

Marcus