# Starcounter Starcounter is an In-memory Application Platform with a built in [REST](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer) style server. It supports [SQL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sql) queries and is fully [ACID](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID) compliant. Disks secure the transaction log as well as a checkpointed database image. Starcounter is the platform for building modern applications such as web applications, mobile services and massive real-time software such as games, advertising, and telecom applications. Starcounter is highly optimized for stellar throughput, concurrency, and low latency. It also features tight integration with web standards such as HTTP, REST, JSON. Starcounter offers unmatched simplicity to create web browser view-models with zero glue code. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.starcounter.io/2.3.2/starcounter.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.