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relational database
digital database whose organization is based on the relational model of data
relational model
database model
relational algebra
family of algebras used for modelling the data stored in relational databases, and defining queries on it
relational database management system
DBMS that is based on the relational model
Codd's 12 rules
Relational database design
row
single, implicitly structured data item in a table in a relational database; every row in a table has the same structure (set of columns)
database schema
visual representation of database system relationships
candidate key
set of columns in a relational database
Query by Example
devised by Moshé M. Zloof at IBM Research during the mid-1970s
materialized view
database object that contains the results of a query
relation
concept in relational database theory
relational calculus
theory of relational databases
Weak entity
a type of item in a relational database, in computing
cardinality
numerical relationship among rows in different tables
object-relational impedance mismatch
set of conceptual and technical difficulties