database
A (usually large) collection of data items and links between them, structured in a way that allows it to be accessed by a number of different applications programs. The term is also used loosely to describe any collection of data.
Related terms
metadata
report
data retrieval
information retrieval
retrieve
schema
query language
database management system (DBMS)
database manager
file
flat file database
hierarchical database
query
record
Structured Query Language (SQL)
data redundancy
attribute
entity
entity relationship diagram
many to many
normalisation
normalise
one to many
one to one
relational database
tuple
Term sub categories
Software
databases - general
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