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relational database

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A database system in which any field can be a component of more than one of the database's tables.

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  • noun databases A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries.

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  • noun a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes

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hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. computer database
  2. electronic database
  3. electronic information service
  4. on-line database

hyponyms (2)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. medical literature analysis and retrieval system
  2. medlars

relateds (4)

relateds

  1. SQL
  2. hierarchical database
  3. normalization
  4. relational model

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