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noun
A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: electronic database, on-line database, computer database, electronic information service
Narrower terms: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, MEDLARS
History
From the use of relation to denote a set of ordered tuples, i.e. a table in the context of a relational database.
Across languages
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